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House of Burgess passed first slave code
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Slave Rebellion in New York
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Yamasee Indians turned against Carolina Colony
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Slavery became significant in north colonies
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William Parks set up print shop – first successful printing trade
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Great Awakening
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Walking Purchase
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Stono Rebellion
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Slavery legal in every North American colony
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Currency Acts
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Seven Years War
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Surrender of Battle of Hastenbeck
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Quakers in Pennsylvania disowned members who engaged in slave
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British capture Quebec
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King George III takes the crown
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British Crown issued Royal Proclamation – Appalachian Mounts boundary between British Colonies and Indian country
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Pontiac’s War
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Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Upper Susquehanna Valley embroiled in war between British Empire and Pontiac’s Confederacy
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act (taxes on tea, paper, molasses, and stamps)
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Virginia Resolves
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Stamp Act Congress met in New York City
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Sons of Liberty formed
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Stamp Act Repealed
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Townshed Acts – taxes on lead, glass, paint and tea
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Boston Massacre
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Townshed Act repealed except for tea
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Boston Tea Party
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Regulating Act and Tea Act passed by Parliament
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First Continental Congress convened
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Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston largest cities
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British regiments sent to conquer Lexington & Concord
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Olive Branch Petition arrived in England
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Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
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Dunmore’s Proclamation
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Robert Bell printed Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence passed by Continental Congress
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British General John Burgoyne led army to Canada to secure Hudson River
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2500 American soldiers died at Valley Forge
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Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote the Federalist Papers
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Treat of Amity and Commerce signed with French
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British shifted attention to Southern States
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British at war with France, Spain, and Holland
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Continental Congress ratified Articles of Confederation
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Revolutionary War ended
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thousands of Loyalists former slaves fled with British Army
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Thomas Jefferson wrote Notes of Virginia
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Shay’s Rebellion
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12 of 13 states met in Pennsylvania to revise Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional Convention agreed no official religion
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Samuel Stanhope Smith published Essay on the Causes of Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species
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U. S. Constitution was ratified
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George Washington took Oath of Office as First President
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10 amendments added to U. S. Constitution (ie, Bill of Rights)
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Hamilton proposed federal excise tax on number of good including whiskey
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Congress approved 21 year charter for Bank of United States
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First Amendment ratified guarantee of religious freedom
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Jay’s Treaty Signed
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Cotton Gin invented by Eli Whitney
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Treaty of Greenville
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John Adams Elected President
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Alien and Sedition Acts passed
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President Adams National Thanksgiving proclamation
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George Washington passes away
