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Founded in New Haven, Connecticut, and is the 3rd oldest university in the US.
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Younger sister of Mary.
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The "War of the Spanish Succession" in Europe was happening at the same time. Series of wars fought between Great Britain and France in North America for control of the continent. English settlements were subject to brutal raids by French forces and their Indian allies. It broke out anew at the acceptance of the Spanish throne by a grandson of King Louis XIV of France in November, 1700.
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The first "modern" steam engine.
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Textiles and Steam
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Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies to be established. Meant as a military barrier between Spanish-owned Florida and the Carolinas, and also as a refuge for former prisoners and the poor.
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Invented by John Kay; a machine that was an important step towards automatic weaving.
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Also called the 7 Years' War. France and Britain fight for seven years over the territory from Canada down the west side of the Mississippi River to New Orleans.
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Passed by the British, forbidding American importation of foreign run and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items.
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Passed by the British, taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents.
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Named for the British secretary of the treasury, these are passed, taxing the colonists on imported paper, glass, lead, and tea.
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Angered by the tea tax and the British East India Company’s monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor.
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Also called the Coercive Acts; together with the Quebec Act;
Boston Port Bill- closed the city's harbor until restitution was made for destroyed tea. Attempt at British control.
Massachusetts Government Act- replaced colony's elective local council with an appointed one & forbad town meetings.
Administration of Justice Act- protected British officials.
Quartering Act- mandatory quartering of soldiers.
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The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.
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Held in Philadelphia.
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The British Navigation acts, the closing of western lands, the restricting of the colonial currency, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, and The Townshend Acts enacted by the British Parliament contributed to the revolution of colonists.
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The American War of Independence begins. Paul Revere makes his midnight ride through Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
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Document drafted by patriot and lawyer Thomas Jefferson. Declared independence of the United States from Great Britain.
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English general Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, Virginia, ending six years of war between colonial America and Britain.
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By the Treaty of Paris, the independence of the 13th colonies was recognized by Great Britain, and the French and Indian War ended. England now owns all of the territory from the eastern coastline west to the Mississippi. The first United States were born.
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A large group of representatives from the newly independent colonies, including George Washington, James Madison (both future presidents of the United States), Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and many other delegates meet at the Philadelphia State House to discuss the future of the country and to draft a document reflecting Revolutionary ideals.
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The Constitution of the United States, a document organizing government into three branches—Executive (President), Legislative (Congress), and Judicial (Supreme Court)—is ratified.
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1st US President; serves 2 consecutive four-year terms.
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Ten amendments to the Constitution protecting individual rights are ratified. They are called the Bill of Rights.
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The first cornerstone of the presidential White House in Washington, D.C., is laid.
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Eli Whitney (1765–1825) invents the cotton gin, which speeds the process of separating the cotton from the seeds.
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George Washington’s Farewell Address is published in Philadelphia’s Daily American Advertiser. He warns against the divisiveness of a party system and permanent foreign alliances, and cautions against an overpowerful military establishment. He then retires to his plantation home in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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2nd US president; lawyer, writer, and philosopher; serves a four-year term.
