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Albany Plan of Union
in respons to French attacks on the fronteir, in 1754 Benjamin Frankling proposed a plan for uniting the colonies- the Albany Plan of Union. The colonies rejected the plan, because it gave too much power to an assembly made up of representatives from all thirteen colonies. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war started as a struggle between the French and British over lands in the western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Great Britain won the war in 1763 and gained complete control of the eastern third of the continent. -
George lll becomes king of Greate Britain
When George lll becomes king of Great Britain he was determined to deal firmly with the American colonies and had different ideas on how the colonies should be govern. -
Stamp Act
To help pay for the war with France the King of great Britain levied taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper and other products that the colonies shipped and bought. The stamp act of 1765 imposed the first direct tax on the colonists. they also passed laws regulation colonial trade that benefited Great Britain but not the colonies. The taxes lead to political protests began to spread throughout the colonies. colonists refused to buy British goods. -
stamp Act Congress
In 1765 nine colonies sent delegations to a meeting in New York called the Stamp Act Congress. this was the first meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions. Delegates to the Congress sent a petition to the king, arguing that only colonial legislatures could impose direct taxes such as the Stamp Act. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. This protest became known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Coercive Acts
In retaliation for the Boston Tea Party Great Britain passed the Coercive Acts, which the colonist called the Intolerable Acts. One of these acts closed Boston Harbor. Another one withdrew the right of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself. -
Committees of Correspondence
Committees of Correspondence was organizations urging resistance to the British. These committees consisted of colonies who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded. Samuel Adams established the first committee Boston. -
First Continental Congress
The Intolerable Acts prompted Virginia and Massachusetts to call an general meeting of the colonies. Delegates from the colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia on September 5,1774, for the first Continental Congress. The colonies debated what to do about the relationship with Great Britain. They finally imposed an embargo prohibiting trade on Britain and not use their goods. -
Lexington and Concord
The New England government is in a state of rebellion and George III that he would deal with it by force. The first blow came April 19, 1775. British Redcoat clashed with colonial minutemen at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from all 13 colonies gathers in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. The Second Continental Congress immediately assumed the power of a central government. It chose John Hancock as president. He was a well-known colonial leader, but he was also a wealthy merchant and thus well-placed for helping to raise funds for an army. They organized the army, navy and raising the money and appointed George Washington as commander of the continental army. -
Resolution of Independence
The Lee Resolution, also known as the Resolution of Independence, was a three–part resolve by the Second Continental Congress on June 7, 1776, to declare the United Colonies rightfully independent of the British Empire. Lee introduced a resolution in the continental congress that the United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State. It was signed by John Hancock and all 56 delegates. It explains the reason for declaring independence.
