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Albany Plan
Description: It was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in Albany, New York.
How it led to the DOI: The British government thought the proposed colonial government was unnecessary and rejected it. along with the individual American colonies. -
Stamp Act
Description: An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
How it led to the DOI: It was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. -
Boston Massacre
Description: A confrontation leading to British Army soldiers shooting and killing several people while under harassment by a mob.
How it lead to the DOI:The Boston Massacre led to the deaths of five civilians by the British redcoats. The legal aftermath helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the America Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
Description: A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts,
How it lead to the DOI: They wouldn't pay taxes on their tea which led to a breakout massacre. -
1st Congress
Description: It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
How it lead to the DOI: It reversed the economic sanctions placed on the colonists, the delegates hoped Britain would repeal its Intolerable Acts. -
American Revolution
Description: A colonial revolt that took place between 1775 and 1783. The American Patriots defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others
How it lead to the DOI: The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
Intolerable Acts
Description: Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
How it led to the DOI: The outrage it caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Description: A fight on April 19, 1775 between the residents of the 13 american colonies and the british authorities.
How it lead to the DOI: It kicked off the Revolutionary War which then led to the Declaration of Independence. -
2nd Congress
Description: It was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
How it lead to the DOI: The 2nd congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration Of Independence
Description: The statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence and the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
