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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
 Thomas Butts
 b.1641 Norfolk, England
 d.1702 Little Compton, RI
 Zaccheus Butts
 b.1667 Little Compton, RI
 d.1712
 Henry Lake
 b.1615 England
 d.1678 Dartmouth, MA
 Elizabeth Lake
 b.1641
 d.1709 Little Compton, RI
 Alice Unknown
 b.1617 England
 d.1650 Boston, MA
 Mary Butts
 b.1697
 d.         
 Thomas Cornell
 b.         
 d.1673
 Sarah Cornell
 b.1671
 d.1748
 Ralph Earle
 b.1605 Stortford, England
 d.1678 Portsmouth, RI
 Sarah Earle
 b.1640 Dorchester, MA
 d.1690 Tiverton, RI
 Joan Savage
 b.1606 Stortford, England
 d.1699 Portsmouth, RI