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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Colombus sailed from spain
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Period: Mar 10, 1500 to
English settlers set up colonies in North America
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English people called the Piligrims sailed to the Americas
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Puritans settled in Massachusetts.
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Period: to
France and Britain fought a war.
The war was called the Fench and Indian War.France and Britain both wanted the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains -
British troops marched from Boston to Lexington
And concord to take the colonist weapons -
Representatives from all thirteen colonies meet in Philadelphia again.
Thomas jefferson wrote a document explaining why the colonist wanted to be independent from Britain.The document is called the Declaration of Independence. -
Washington trapped the British army.
With the help of the French,Washington trapped the British army at Yorktown,Virginia -
Signed the Treaty of Paris.
Britain and the colonies signed the Treaty of Paris.This treaty made the colonies one independent nation.
