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1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
 Laurence Sheriff
 b.1540 Rugby Co., Warwich, London
 d.1612 England
 William Sheriff
 b.1560 Isle of Wight, England
 d.         
 Isabel Holden
 b.         
 d.         
 William Sheriff
 b.1592 Isle of Wight, England
 d.          Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI
 Elizabeth Fairfax
 b.1564 Isle of Wight, England
 d.         
 Thomas Sheriff
 b.1624 Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI
 d.1675 Plymouth, Massachusetts
 Oara Oara
 b.1594 Amsterdam, Holland
 d.          Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI