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The Act of Union unites England and Scotland, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain
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The House of Burgesses passes an act to deal with slave rebellions.
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The French and Indian War.
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The Boston massacre
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Decleration of independence
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Cornwallis surrenders at the Battle of Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.
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U.S. Constitution is written at the Constitutional Convention.
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George Washington becomes the first President of the United States.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
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Napoleon Bonaparte becomes First Consul of France.