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Jan 1, 1572
Over 10,000 Huguenots--men, woman, and children--are butchered in cold blood
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Edict of Nantes
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Champlain colonizes Quebec for France.
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Louis XIV becomes king of France.
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First Navigation Laws to control colonial commerce.
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La Salle explores Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
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King William’s War (War of the League of Augsburg) Begins.
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College of William and Mary founded.
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Board of Trade assumes governance of colonies.
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King William’s War (War of the League of Augsburg) ends.
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Yale College founded.
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Antoine Cadillac founded the city of Detroit.
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Queen Anne’s War (War of Spanish Succession).; Ended 1713
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England and Scotland unionize; it becomes “Great Britain”.
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French found New Orleans.
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Smallpox inoculation introduced.
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Smallpox epidemics kills thousands.
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First edition of Franklin’s Poor "Richard’s Almanack"
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Jonathan Edwards begins the Great Awakening.
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Zenger free-press trial in New York
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George Whitefield spreads Great Awakening
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War of Jenkins' Ear
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King of George's War (ends 1748)
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Washington battles French on frontier Albany Congress.
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Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) (Ends 1763)
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Braddock's defeat.
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Pitt emerges as leader if British government
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Battle of Quebec
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Peace of Paris Pontiac's uprising Proclamation.
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Sugar Act
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Quartering Act; Stamp Act; and Stamp Act Congress
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Declaration Act
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Townshed Act; New York Legislature suspended by Parliament.
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Brittish troops occupy Boston
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Boston Massacre; All Townshend Acts excerpt tea tax repealed.
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Commities of correspondence formed.
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Brittish East Company granted tea monopoly.
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"Intolerable Acts;" Quebec Act; First Continental Congress; and The Association boycotts British goods.
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Two tax-supported churches were standing out in the colonies: the Anglican, and the COngregation.
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Declaration of Independence signed.