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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 Burges
 b.1576 , United Kingdom
 d.1626 , United Kingdom
 Thomas Burges
 b.1603  England, United Kingdom
 d.1685 Sandwich, Massachusetts
 Elizabeth Pye
 b.1585 , United Kingdom
 d.         
 Joseph Burgess
 b.1638 Sandwich, Massachusetts
 d.1695 Rochester, Massachusetts
 George Phippen
 b.1577 , United Kingdom
 d.1626 , United Kingdom
 Dorothy Waynes Phippen
 b.1607 , United Kingdom
 d.1687 Sandwich, Massachusetts
 Mrs Elizabeth Phippen
 b.1579 , United Kingdom
 d.