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Albany Congress
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/albcon.html
Meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of seven of the thirteen British colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by King George III following Great Britain's aquisition of French Territory. -
The Sugar Act
Revenue-raising act passed by the Parliment of Great Britain. -
The Stamp Act
Act of the Parliment of Great Britain tax imposed a direct tax on British colonies/plantations. -
The Declaratory Act
The act of the Parliment of Great Britain which repealed the Stamp Act and changing and lessening the Sugar Act. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Placed a tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
A formal collective decision made by Boston based merchants/traders not to import/export items to Britain. -
The Boston Massacre
A confrontation which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people. -
The Gaspee Affair
A British customs ship ran aground in Rhode Island and a Sons of Liberty group attacked and set fire to the ship. -
The Boston Tea Party
A raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor and Boston colonists threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliment after the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
Battles that were fougt in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusettes Bay, within towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
The Battle Of German Town
Fought at Germantown, Pennsylvania led by Sir William Howe. -
Articles of Confederation
Orginala constitution of the US -
US Constitution
The US Constitution was signed.
