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The French and Indians fight the English for territorial control.
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The Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament.
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Additional levies are put on goods in American colonies by the British Government when the Townshend Acts are enacted, including levies on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea. All would be repealed in three years, except for the tax on tea.
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Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest against the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
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The Revolutionary War begins
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Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence
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George Washington becomes the 1st US President.
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The first 13 states were Deleware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island.
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The Fugitive Slave Act was passed
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John Adams became the 2nd U S President
