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23 Cards in this Set
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Writs of Assitance allow the British to search American ships and buildings
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1761
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Sugar Act is passed
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1764
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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April 19, 1775
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Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warn the colonists that the British soldiers are coming
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April 18, 1775
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Mail Services between Boston and New York begins
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1670's
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Boston Massacre and all the taxes are stopped except the tea tax
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1770
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Plymouth Colony is Founded
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1620
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Stamp Act is passed
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1765
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Soldiers and ships arrive from France to aid the colonies
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1780
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British government stops all trade with the colonies.
Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence |
July 4, 1776
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John Winthrop starts Mass Bay Colony
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1630
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Anne Hutchinson is banished from Massachusetts
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1638
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The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1774
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Battle at Bunker Hill
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June 17, 1775
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Peace Treaty between Britain and U.S was signed in Paris
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September 3, 1783
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King Philip's/Metacom's War
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1675-1676
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Salem Witch Trials
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1629
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The Boston Tea Party
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1773
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Ben Franklin is born in Boston, Massachusetts
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1706
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Quakers arrive in Massachusetts
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1656
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Revolutionary War
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1775-1783
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Townshend Acts are passed and Philis Wheatley, first African American, to publish a book of poems
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1767
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British government passes the Molasses Act
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1733
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