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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
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
 Edward Stretell
 b.1570 of Mobberley, England
 d.         
 Thomas Stretell
 b.1598 of Saltersley
 d.1657
 Hugh Stretell
 b.1621 Mobberly, Cheshire, England
 d.1671
 Margaret Graffet
 b.          of Alderley
 d.         
 Elizabeth Strettell
 b.1654 Mobberly, Cheshire, England
 d.1727
 Edward Hulme
 b.         
 d.         
 Francis Hulme
 b.          of Mobberley, England
 d.1658 prob. Mobberley, England
 Joyce Newton
 b.          Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
 d.         
 Mary Hulme
 b.1622
 d.1662
 Joan Worthington
 b.          of Quarvoll Bank, Wilmslow
 d.1662