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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
 Simen Trondsen Heggen
 b.1588 Follebu
 d.1671 Heggen
 Ole Simensen Heggen
 b.1614 Gausdal, Norway
 d.1706 Søre F, Østre-Gausdal
 Kari Amundsdtr Olstad
 b.1590 Nørdre Olstad
 d.1679 Heggen
 Jakob Olsen Fougner
 b.1666
 d.1727 Houm
 Jakob Olsen Steine
 b.         
 d.1743 Nordre Stene, Gausdal
 Berit Jakobsdtr Steine
 b.1628
 d.1698 Søre Fougner, Gausdal
 Kari Johannesdtr
 b.         
 d.1742 Nordre Stene, Gausdal
 Ole Jakobsen Houm
 b.1697
 d.1737
 Anne Ellefsdtr
 b.1661
 d.1753