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second continental congress (1775)
convention of delegates of the Thirteen Colonies, The second Congress took over the military effort and slowly moved towards independence, finally adopting the Declaration of Independence of the United States -
first continental congress
t was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
stamp act congress
It was the first meeting of elected representatives of several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against the new British taxes. -
french and Indian war ends
The name refers to the two main enemies that the British faced: French and different Native American tribes -
coercive acts passed
the Coercive Acts describes a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, relating to Britain's colonies in North America. Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, the Coercive Acts sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies. -
Boston tea party
it was an act of protest by American settlers against Britain and is considered a precedent of the United States War of Independence -
stamp acts passed
it was a law of the British Parliament that supposed a direct and specific tax for the thirteen colonies of British America -
declaration of independence signed
a proclamation that claimed that the thirteen American colonies were at war with Great Britain, and it was time for them to become independent, and thus, no longer a part of the British Empire. -
stamp act repealed
The settlers, who had called the Congress of the Seals Law in October 1765 to express their opposition to the impending promulgation, welcomed the arrival of the stamps with indignation and violence. -
Boston massacre
The tension caused by the military occupation of Boston, increased after the shooting that a group of soldiers made against a group of protesters protesting against the rise in rates by the metropolis England to recover from economic losses after the war -
townshend acts repealed
They argued that tea was not grown in England and, therefore, the tariff would not harm British merchants. -
tea act passed
a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Great Britain on its American colonies. The policy lit a "powder barrel" of opposition and resentment among American settlers and was the catalyst for the Boston Tea Party. The passage of the Tea Law did not impose new taxes on the American colonies. The tea tax had existed since the passage of the Townshend Income Act of 1767 -
townshend acts passed
The Townshend laws were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies. They placed new taxes and took some freedoms from the settlers -
declaratory act passed
it was a Law of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Law, Parliament repealed the Stamp Law because boycotts hurt British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save the face. -
revolutionary war begins (1775)
arose from the growing tensions between the residents of the 13 North American colonies of Great Britain and the colonial government, which represented the British crown
