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1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
 Thomas Burgess
 b.1580 Truro, Cornwall /, England
 d.1626 Truro, Cornwall /, England
 Thomas Burgess
 b.1601 Truro, Cornwall /, England
 d.1685 Sandwich, Massachusetts
 Elizabeth Pye
 b.1584 Truro, Cornwall /, England
 d.         
 John Burgess
 b.1628 Sandwich, Massachusetts
 d.1701 Yarmouth, Massachusetts
 Dororthy Waynes
 b.1605 Truro, Cornwall /, England
 d.1687 Sandwich, Massachusetts
 Mary Burgess
 b.1660 Sandwich, Massachusetts
 d.1717 Medfield, Middlesex, MA
 Peter Worden
 b.1609 Clayton, Lancashire, England
 d.1680 Yarmouth, Massachusetts
 Mary Worden
 b.1640 Yarmouth, Massachusetts
 d.1723 Yarmouth, Massachusetts
 Mary Magdalene Winslow
 b.1610 Yarmouth, Massachusetts
 d.1687 Yarmouth, Massachusetts