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1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
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
 Francis Thornton, Sr
 b.1651 Petsworth Par, Virginia
 d.1727 Prob., King George, Virginia
 Anthony Thornton, Sr
 b.1691 Stafford, Virginia
 d.1757 St Paul Par, Stafford, Virginia
 Alice Savage
 b.1652 Gloucester, Virginia
 d.1695 Petsworth Parish, Virginia
 Anthony Thornton
 b.1727 St Paul's Parish, Virginia
 d.1782, of Virginia
 Peter Presley
 b.1653 Northumberland, Virginia
 d.1750
 Winifred Presley
 b.1694 Stafford, Virginia
 d.1757 of Stafford, Virginia
 Winifred Judith Griffin
 b.1660 Northumberland, Virginia
 d.         
 Judith Presley Thornton
 b.1750 Ormsby, Carolina, Virginia
 d.1798 of Fauquier Co., Virginia
 Francis TALIAFERRO
 b.1662 Essex, Virginia
 d.1710, Virginia
 Francis Taliaferro
 b.1699 Essex, Virginia
 d.         
 Elizabeth Catlett
 b.1666 Essex, Virginia
 d.1716 Essex, Virginia
 Sarah Taliaferro
 b.1733, Virginia
 d.1762 Carolina Co., Virginia
 Elizabeth Hay
 b.1710 Prob., Spotsylvania, Virginia
 d.