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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus' 1st voyage
When Columbus set sail from Spain to find a all water route to asia -
The year Jamestown was settled
the first British settlement in north america -
End of the French and Indian war
ended with the singing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris -
Boston Massacre
began with a street brawl between American and the British which quickly escalated. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
The Declaration of Independence
in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another -
The battle of Yorktown
a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington -
The signing of the constitution
at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states