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1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
 Jon Østensen Vestad
 b.1560 Vestad, Ringebu
 d.1590
 Østen Jonsen Kolstad
 b.1590 Ringebu, Norway
 d.1645 Kolstad
 Sigri Ivarsdtr Myklebø
 b.          Myklebø, Gausdal
 d.         
 Erik Østensen Kolstad
 b.1617
 d.1666 Kolstad
 
 
 
 Ole Eriksen Kolstad
 b.1666 Nordgard Kolsta, Ringebu
 d.1733 Eldstad
 Magnhild
 b.         
 d.