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Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for the uniting of the colonies -
George III becomes king of Great Britain
Has different ideas of how the colonies should be governed. -
French and Indian War
Started the struggle between the French and British over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio, Great Britain eventually won -
Stamp Act
King George III needed money, so him and his ministers levied taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper, and other products. It was the first direct tax on the colonists. -
Coercive Acts
The colonists called the Intolorable Acts, one of them closed Boston Harbor, another withdrew Massachusetts colony to govern itself -
Stamp Act in Congress
New York called the Stamp Act Congress, it was the first meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions. They ended up sending a petition to the king, arguing that only colonial legislatures could impose direct taxes such as the Stamp Tax -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Stamp Act -
Committees of Correspondence
Organizations urged resistance to the British. These committees consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded. -
First Continental Congress
The Intolerable Acts prompted Virginia and Massachusetts to call a general meeting of the colonies. Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia. They debated what to do about their relation with Great Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
The first blow of the American Revolution, where redcoats clashed with colonial minute men at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. -
Second Continental Congress
Within three weeks, delegates from from all thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia for a second time. They immediately assumed the power of a central government, choosing John Hancock as president of Massachusetts -
Resolution of Independence
A three part document created in Second Continental Congress to declare the colonies rightfully independent of the Great Britain -
Declaration of Independence
On July 2nd 1776 The congress approved Lee's resolution and the colonies officially broke away from Great Britain. Then Congress turned to the Decoration of Independence which was a written decoration of independence to make it official. Which was approved by congress of July 4th 1776
