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Columbus arrives in the "New World."

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English arrive at Jamestown, Virginia and establish their first colony.

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The Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower and establish their colony. They fled England seeking religious freedom.

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French and Indian War- England and France fight over control of North America. The English want the land and natural resources, while the French want control over the fur trade.

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Sugar Act- Colonists were now expected to pay a tax on sugar and molasses. These taxes and the ones that would come after were  an effort by Great Britain to pay for the French and Indian War, which had been very costly.

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Stamp Act- This forced the  colonists to pay a tax on all of the paper documents in the colonies. This was used to fund British soldiers in the colonies who were trying to keep the peace between the colonists and Native Americans.

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Quartering Act- Great Britain  forced colonists to house British soldiers.

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Townsend Acts- Imposed a tax on British china, glass, lead, tea, paper and paint that were sent to the colonies.

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Boston Massacre- A fight breaks out between colonists and British soldiers who are guarding the king's money in a custom house. In the end, British soldiers killed five colonists and wounded six. This event increased tensions between the colonists and Great Britain a great deal.

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Tea Act- The purpose of the Tea Act was to help fund the East India Company who had been struggling. Taxes were raised on any tea being shipping to the colonies.

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Boston Tea Party- In their first act of resistance against Great Britain, American colonists threw 342 chests of tea from the East India Company into the Boston Harbor.

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Thomas Paine publishes his Common Sense pamphlet, where he encourages colonists to unite and break away from English rule.

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Declaration of Independence- The American colonists declare they are free from British rule and make it clear that they are willing to fight for their freedom.