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Jamestown, VA
the first successful English settlement is founded -
confederation
"league of frindship". joining of groups for a common purpose -
Albany plan
Creation of annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies -
The Stamp Act
required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, buisness agreements, and newspapers -
Boston Massacre
the colonists were angry about the new laws and they wouldnt sell or buy English goods. British troops killed 5 people -
Boston Tea Party
men protested against the British control of the tea treade -
first continental congress
passed laws to punish the colonists. -
War
Sparked the revolution -
second continental congress
reacted to the declaration of rights with stricter measures -
Declaration of independence
expresses the purposes of sel-govornment, limited constitutionalism, and what it means to be American