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13 Original Colonies
Thesis: The 13 original colonies in the US is important in the American history because of the culture, historical events and the war of independence/ declaration of independence.

Introduction: History is the beginning of the present and the future, without the 13 original colonies, America would not be the same. The 13 original colonies are important part of the American History because of the culture, historical events and the declaration of independence.

Historical Events:

1619: House of Burgesses(Virginia)
The first historical event was The Virginia House of Burgesses which happened in Virginia. The House of Burgesses was when the first government representatives was made by the American Colonies. The representative group consisted of 22 members, including the governor, 6 cabinet members and 15 representatives from various locals. The famous burgesses were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and many more.
(George Washington- 1st President of America, Thomas Jefferson- 3rd president also the author of the Declaration of Independence, Patrick Henry- famous for his line "Give me liberty or give me death" from the opposition speech to the Stamp Act of 1765)

1634: Pequot War
The war started in 1634. The Pequot War was the conflict between Native Americans Indians called the Pequot tribe and the New England settlers with their Indian allies, the Narragansett and Mohegan tribe. The causes of the war were trespassing(colonists invaded Pequot tribes area), and gainful trading(the colonist were attracted by the gainful trading to the are of the Pequot tribe.

The Pequot war ended after 4 years(1638), the results was not good because the Pequot tribe lost. They were forced to sign a Treaty of Hartford( removal of the Pequot name). Many of them died. Those who survived got sold into slavery.

1770: Boston Massacre(Massachusetts)
Great Britain lost the war of Stamp Act of 1765( the british were forcing american colonist to pay

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