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Albany Plan
In 1754, the British Board of Trade called a meeting of seven of the northern colonies at the Albany. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the problems of colonial trade and the danger of attacks by the French and their Native American allies -
Stamp Act
Britain's harsh tax and trade policies fanned resentment in the colonies. Parliament has passed a number of new laws, among the Stamp Act of 1765. That law required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents on certain business agreements, and on newspapers. Colonies showed their anger by completely evading the laws. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-Britain sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the sons of liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773 -
1st Congress
In the Spring of 1774, Parliament passed yet another set of laws, this time to punish the colonists for the troubles in Boston and elsewhere -
Intolerable Acts
Closing the port of Boston on until colonists paid for the tea dumped during the Boston Tea Party, restricting Town meetings in Massachusetts, and allowed for British soldiers to be housed in private homes. This happened in 1774. -
2nd Congress
The British government continued to refuse the comprise, let alone reverse, its colonial policies. It reacted to the Declaration of Rights as it had to other expressions of more repressive measures. The second Congress met in Philadelphia May 10, 1775. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
It was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The Battles were fought on April 9th, 1775 in Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy building for many years between residents of 13 American colonies and the Britain authorities. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place 1775. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the second continental congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State house in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776
