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Albany Plan of Union
plan to unite the colonies
plan was rejected because of it gave too much power to the assembly made up of representatives from all 13 colonies -
George III becomes king of Great Britain
he had a different ideas about how the colonies should be governed. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war started as a struggle between the French and British over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio -
Stamp act
first direct tax on the colonists
required them to pay tax on legal documents, pamphlets, also passed laws. -
Stamp Act Congress
First meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions. -
Boston Tea Party
New British laws caused discontent among colonists who believed their civil rights were being denied. -
Coercive Act
or intolerable acts
withdrew the right for Massachusetts to govern itself
closed Boston Harbor -
Committees of Correspondence
consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one other as events unfolded. -
Firts Continental Congress
debated on what to do with their relation with great Britain -
Lexington and Concord
British redcoats clashed with the colonial minutemen at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
First battle of the Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
the Continental Congress immediately assumed the powers of a central government. It chose John Hancock of Massachusetts as President. -
Resolution of Independence
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia did declare independence
that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free independent states. -
Declaration of Independence
Congress approved the draft. John Hancock the president of the Congress, was the first to sign the document, which eventually held the signatures of all 56 delegates.
