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Albany Plan
A plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
Stamp act
Imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came when the british empire was deep in debt because of the seven years war. -
Boston Massacre
The british regulars killed 5 colonists. Some what sparked the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
Destroyed an entire shipment of tea in protest of the tea act in 1773 -
Intolerable acts
Harsh laws meant to punish the colonists in defense of the boston tea party. -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies at carpenters hall in Philidelphia -
Second Continental Congress
Held in the spring of 1775 and had delegates from all 13 colonies. -
Start of the American revolution
British troops were going to capture patriot leaders and were met by 77 american minutemen. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord.
First battles of the American Revolution, they marked the breakout of the war between the british and the colonists -
Declaration of Independence
Adopted by the second continental congress. Declared that the 13 colonies were going independent from the british and wanted to be recognized as 13 colonies separate from britain. -
End of American Revolution
General Cornwalls was forced to surrender Yorktown and two years later the treaty of paris made it official