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1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
 Peter Conrad
 b.1655 Germantown, Pennsylvania
 d.1736 Germantown, Pennsylvania
 Catherine Cathrin Conrad
 b.1680 Germantown, Pennsylvania
 d.1745 Skippack, Pennsylvania
 Reiner Tijsen Tyson
 b.1630 Krefeld, Germany
 d.1683 Germantown, Pennsylvania
 Gertrude Connerts
 b.1656 Germantown, Pennsylvania
 d.1730 Charlestown, Pennsylvania