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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
 John Wilhelm Rausch
 b.1606 Hornbach, Germany
 d.1643
 John Abraham Rausch
 b.1650 Germany
 d.1714 Mienbach, Germany
 
 
 
 John Nicholaus Rausch
 b.1686 Germany
 d.1715 Germany
 Maria Margaretha Faber
 b.1652
 d.1718
 John Adam Roush
 b.1711 Bavaria
 d.1786 Shenandoah Valley, Va.