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1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
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
 Lewis Zerkel
 b.1731
 d.1776
 John Nicholaus Rausch
 b.1686 Germany
 d.1715 Germany
 John Adam Roush
 b.1711 Bavaria
 d.1786 Shenandoah Valley, Va.
 
 
 
 Margaret Magdalene Roush
 b.1748 Rinkerton, Virginia
 d.1776
 Susannah Schlern
 b.         
 d.1796 St. Marys, VA