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| First conflict between Dutch and Indians in New Netherlands afte an Indian Indian woman was reported to have stolen a peach from a farm in about 1660-65 and was shot by the farmer. |
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| National stock company formed to by Dutch governement to control merchant trade in America and Africa. 1621-1794 |
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| A Swedish colony in North America on the Delaware River. Founded in 1638. |
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| An act passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765 to obtain money from the American colonies in order to pay debts incurred during the French and Indian War |
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| Four acts of the British Parliament in 1767 that imposed duties on the import of paint, glass, paper, lead, and tea to the North American colonies. The acts also called for quartering of British troops in the colonies. |
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| A load of tea meant to be sent overland into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was torched in the night by a group of 40 Patriots dressed as Native Americans. |
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