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Historical Events - Declaration Of Independence // Andrew Pouliot

By Andrew Pouliot

  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan
    The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies in Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York.
    This was the first attempt to centralize the colonies into one government.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was imposed by Parliament to help reduce war debt for Britain. This taxed paper in the colonies. Everything was taxed including Licenses and Personal Letters.
    This helped fuel the anger to declare independence from Britain.
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    The American Revolution

    Revolution to become independent from Britain.
    [See "Declaration Of Independence [END]"]

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    British Soldiers killed and injured several people in Boston, MA. It was a riot for rebellion against the British. A mob formed around a British Infantryman, who was subjected to harassment. He was eventually supported by eight additional soldiers to help stop the riot. One of the soldiers shot a citizen fueling the riot.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    The British imposed taxes on tea for the colonists. Colonists objected to the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their rights to “No taxation without representation.”
    This was another tax like the stamp act that pushed the colonies to declare independence from the crown.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
    The Colonists were furious that this was another tax on the colonies so this pushed them closer to drafting the Declaration Of Independence.

  • Battle Of Lexington And Concord

    Battle Of Lexington And Concord
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War.

  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence
    By issuing the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies cut their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists reasons for independence.

  • The American Revolution [END]

    The American Revolution [END]
    The American Revolution was a huge war that resulted in Independence from Britain with alliance with France. Citizens in all 13 colonies took up arms to fight any British occupants. A Government was set up after the revolution, along with the US Constitution.

  • The First Congress

    The First Congress
    The First United States Congress, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791

  • The Second Congress

    The Second Congress
    from March 4, 1791, to March 4, 1793, during the third and fourth years of George Washington's presidency.