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The Albany Plan
Plan to place the British in a more organized government. -
The Stamp Act
Required all colonists to pay tax on all printed materials. -
Start of the American Revolution
Began when the British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord met. -
The Boston Massacre
A riot in Boston where British troops quartered the city. -
The Boston Tea Party
American colonist could not buy tea. -
Intolerable Acts
Punishment to colonies for Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Organized colonial resistance to parliaments. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates of the 13 colonies. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First battle of Revolutionary War and the seized colonists military supplies. -
Declaration of Independence
Declared freedom of the 13 colonies. -
End of the American Revolution
Came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia.