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1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
 Joshua EWING
 b.1700 Colerain, Northern Ireland
 d.1753 Cecil Co., Maryland
 Patrick EWING
 b.1736 Cecil Co., Maryland
 d.1819 Cecil Co., Maryland
 Jane [Jean] [Gillespie] PATTON
 b.1715 London, Northern Ireland
 d.         
 Putnam EWING
 b.1776 Cecil Co., Maryland
 d.1847 Bathe Co., Kentucky
 James PORTER
 b.1739 Cecil Co., Maryland
 d.1778 Drumore To, Pennsylvania
 Jane PORTER
 b.1739 Ireland
 d.1784
 Eleanor GILLESPIE
 b.1710
 d.         
 Jane McCLELLAN
 b.1777 Lancaster , Pennsylvania
 d.1853 Decatur Co., Indiana