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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
 Richard (Rissiert) Gibbs
 b.1636 Flushing Meadows, New York
 d.1704 Mansfield Twp, New Jersey
 Isaac Gibbs
 b.1670 Flushing Meadows, New York
 d.1742 Burlington, New Jersey
 Sarah Gibbs
 b.1648 Flushing Meadows, New York
 d.1704 Mansfield Twp, New Jersey
 Issac Gibbs
 b.1701 of Mansfield, New Jersey
 d.          Burlington, New Jersey
 William Dickenson
 b.1570 Ely, Cambridge, England
 d.1675 Ely, Cambridge, England
 John Dickenson
 b.1630 Ely, Cambridge, England
 d.1680 Oyster Bay, New York
 Sarah Stacy
 b.1573 Ely, Cambridge, England
 d.          Cambridge ?
 Hannah (Ann) Dickenson
 b.1671 Oyster Bay, New York
 d.1742 Burlington, New Jersey
 John Howland
 b.1602 Of Fen Stanton, England
 d.1672 Plymouth, Massachusetts
 Elizabeth Howland
 b.1634 Plymouth, Massachusetts
 d.1683 Oyster Bay, New York
 Elizabeth Tilley
 b.1607 Henlow, England
 d.1687 Swansea, Massachusetts