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French and Indian War
A series of military engagements between Britain and France. It lead to the declaration of independence because the British made the first direct tax on the colonists. -
Albany Plan
A plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. -
Stamp Act
An act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest. -
The First United States Congress
They passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. -
The Second United States Congress
They issued a response to the Proclamation of Rebellion.
