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Albany Plan of Union
French attacks on the frontier, in 1754 Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies- the Albany Plan Union. The colonies rejected the plan, however because it gave too much power to an assembly made up of representatives from all thirteen colonies . -
George III becomes king of Great Britain
He had different ideas about how the colonies should be governed. He was determined to deal firmly with the American colonies. Levied taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper and other products imposed the first direct tax on the colonies. It required them to pay a tax on legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers and even dice and playng cards -
French and Indian War
It Started as a struggle between the French and British over land in the western Pennsylvania and Ohio. By 1756, several other European countries became involved Great Britain won the war in 1763 and gained complete control of the eastern third of the continent -
Stamp Act
Imposed the first direct tax on the colonist required to pay a tax legal document, pamphlets, newspapers, and even dce ad playing cards -
Stamp Act Congress
The nine colonies sent delegates toa meeting in New York call the Stamp Act Congress. The first meeting organized by the colonies t o protest King Georges action. Delegates to congress sent a petition to the king, arguing the only colonial legislature could impose direct taxes -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor -
Coercive Acts
Theses were also know as the Intolerable Acts by the colonists. It withdrew the right of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself. Also closed Boston Harbor. -
Committees of Correspondence
Organizations were urging resistance to the British. These committees consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded. Samuel Adams established the first committee in Boston. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from all the colonies expect Georgia met Philadelphia on September 5 for the first Continental Congress. Delegates debated wht t d about the relationship with Great Brittan finally imposed an embargo on Britain an agreed no toue British goods . -
Lexington and Concord
Britain redcoats clashed wih colonial minutemen at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The skirmish was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from all 13 colonies gathered in Philadelphia and assumed the powers of a central government. They chose John Hancock as president. They organized an army and navy, issued money, and appointed George Washington as commander of Continental Army. -
Resolution of Independence
Richard Henry Lee of Virgin di declare independence. Lee introduced a resolution in the continental congress United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states -
Declaration of Independence
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherma to prepare a written declaration of independence. On July 4th congress approved the final draft. It explained the reason fo declaring independence. it actual title was The unanimous declaration of the thirteen Untied States of America.
