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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1752 -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty where they spilled tea into the Boston Harbor off of the English's boat. -
Intolerable Acts
Also called the Coercive Acts were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
First continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the beginning of the American Revolution. -
Start of the American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Declaration of Independence
States the principles that our government, and our identity as Americans, are based upon but unlike the other documents, the Declaration of Independence is not legally binding -
End of the American Revolution
The war virtually came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown.
