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Sir Walter Raleigh sent John White and 117 settlers to America where they settled but were later lost.
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!st permanent English settlement established.
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102 pilgrims came from England on the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth in modern day Massachusetts.
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Britain regulates colonial trade and levies new taxes on colonists.
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5 colonists were killed by the British in Boston.
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Colonists dressed as native americans threw tea into the Boston Harbor as protest.
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Colonists go to war with the British.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed.
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The ccolonists won the Saratoga and the French decided to join the colonists.
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The British surrender at Yorktown.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed officially ending the war.
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The U.S. Constitution is signed.
