Key Events Leading to American Idependence

By faizmohamed

  • Stamp Act Congress

    Stamp Act Congress
    meeting in the federal hall where the Stamp Act was discussed

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Series of laws made my Britain in order to impose taxes on the American people.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    British troops shot at a riot that borke out

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    Colonists in Boston boarded ships and dumped Britain's taxed tea into the Boston Harbor

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the passage of the Intolerable Acts.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    Delegeates from the colonies met and managed the colonial war efforts

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    the 13 colonies became independent states and no longer part of Britain.

  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    America's first constitution that legally established the Union and

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Formally ended the American Revolution and negotiations between Francem Britain, and USA were made.