events that led up to the declaration of independence and the american revolution
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albany plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. the Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. More generally, imperial officials wanted a treaty between the colonies -
french and indian war
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. the British ended in debt, they began to demand more from the colonies it was the first direct tax that Britain had imposed on the colonists. -
stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. it led to an uproar in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the Revolution -
boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. Conflicts between the British and the colonists had been on the rise because the British government had been trying to increase control over the colonies and raise taxes at the same time. the Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence. -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party happened in 3 British ships in the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea. the event fueled the tension that had already begun between Britain and America. -
intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution -
1st congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. It met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after the British Navy instituted a blockade of Boston Harbor and Parliament passed the punitive Intolerable Acts in response to the December 1773 Boston Tea Party. -
battle of lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America. -
american revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt.The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America. -
2nd congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. All thirteen colonies were represented by the time that the congress adopted the Lee Resolution which declared independence from Britain, and the congress agreed to the Declaration of Independence two days later. -
declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
