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| Columbus discovers America |
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| Pilgrims land on Plymouth rock |
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| puchase of Manhattan by Peter Minuit for 60 Dutch gilders (about $24) |
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| William Penn, quakers, religious tolerance |
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| Salem witch trials, Ann Putnam |
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| French and Indian War, ended February 10, 1763. |
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| The Boston Tea Party, Britain responded by passing the Intolerable Acts and closing the port of Boston |
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| Patrick Henry's call to arms 'Give me liberty or give me death!', Paul Revere's midnight ride (April 18 and 19) |
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| The Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson |
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| based on unequal representation |
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| based on equal representation |
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| George Washington elected first president |
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| The Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon and the French for 15 million, doubling the size of the U.S. |
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