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1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
 William Eldridge
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 Samuel Eldridge
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 Sam Eldridge
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 Anne Lumpkin
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 Jehosaphat Eldridge
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 Richard Taylor
 b.1619 London, England
 d.1703 Yarmouth, MA
 Keziah Taylor
 b.1656 Yarmouth, MA
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 Thomas Burgess
 b.1601 Truro, Cornwall, England
 d.1684 Sandwich, MA
 Ruth Burgess
 b.1629 Sandwich, MA
 d.1693 Yarmouth, MA
 Dorothy Wayne Phippen
 b.1603 Earls, England
 d.1686 Sandwich, MA