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Champlain colonizes Quebec for France
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Louis the 8th becomes king of France
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First Navigation Laws to control colonial commerce
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King William's War
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Yale College founded
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Queen Anne's War
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French found New Orleans
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First edition of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack
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John Edwards begins Great Awakening
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Zenger free-press trail in New York
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George Whitefield spreads Great Awakening
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King George's War
War of Austrian Succession -
Princeton College Founded
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Washington battles French on Frontier
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Seven Year's War
French and Indian War -
Pitt emerges as leader of British goverment
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Peace of Paris
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Brown College Founded
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Paxton Boys march on Philadelphia
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Sugar
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Quartering Act
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Stamp Act
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Stamp Act Congress
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Rutgers Founded
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Townshend Acts
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British troops occupy Boston
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Regulator protests
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Dartmouth College Founded
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Boston Massacre
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Committees of correspndence
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Intolerable Acts
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First Continential Congress
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Battles of Lexington and Concord