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Albany Plan of Union
In response to French attacks on the Frontier, Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies. The colonies rejected the plan because it gave to much power to an assembly made up of the colonies. -
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French and Indian War
Struggle between the French and British over lands in western Pennysylvania and Ohio. Great Britian won the war and gained complete control of the eastern third of the continent. -
George III becomes king of Great Britain
He was determined to deak firmly with the Amerian colonies. Levied taxes on sugar, tea, glass and paper. -
Stamp Act
Imposed the first direct tax on the colonists. REquired to pay tax on legal documents, newpapers, and even dice and playing cards. Parliament passed laws regulating colonial trade in ways that benifited Great Britian and not the colonies. -
Stamp act Congress
First meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions. Delegates to the congres sent a petition to the king, arguing that only colonial legislatures could impose direct taxes like the Stamp Act. -
Coercive Acts
Retaliating, Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts. Withdrew the right of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself. -
Boston Tea Party
They passed a tax on tea. A group of Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of British Tea into Boston Harbor. -
Committee of Correspondence
Colonies who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded. Massachusetts had more than 80 committees. -
First Continental Congress
Key leaders such sd Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, and George Washington attended. Debated what to do with Great Britain. Imposed an embargo prohibiting trade. -
Second Continental Congress
Immediately assumed the powers of the central government. John Hancock was a colonial leader, but he was a wealthy merchant. Organize an army and ammoint George Washington as commander of the Contiental army. Second Continental Congress served as the acting government of the colony. -
Resolution of Independence
The war had been going on for a year. Adams was frustrated so he wrote a letter. Richard Henry Lee declared independence. :That these Untied Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states. -
Declaration of Independence
Most famous documents in in history. Explained the colonists need for freedom. Explained the reasons the American colonies were angry at the British government. Confermed why revolution was justified and laid now the founding principles. -
Lexington and Concord
