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Pilgrims (Puritans) landed on Plymouth Rock , setting up the first British colony in New England, and Signed the Mayflower Compact,
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Harvard College was founded to educate men for the ministry.
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Stamp Act and Townshend Act angers colonists.
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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British raids homes to end stockpiling of arms, Paul Revere rides
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Battle of Lexington and Concord, Start of the Revolution
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The Declaration of Independence