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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in New York. After the Albany Congress passed the Albany Plan, the plan was sent back to the British and to the individual American colonies. The British government thought the proposed colonial government was unnecessary and rejected it. The individual American colonies also rejected it. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the British colonies and plantations in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. The Stamp Act, was a direct tax on the colonists and led to an uproar in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the Revolution, taxation without representation. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under harassment by a mob. The Boston Massacre led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British redcoats on March 5, 1770, the legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the America Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. Britain would not pay taxes on their tea.The culminations of these events led to the breakout of the Revolutionary War just short of two years after the Boston Tea Party. It was during America's Revolutionary War that the Second Continental Congress met, wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts. The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, and the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress 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. The First Continental Congress passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect in December 1774. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1774 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774, and October 26, 1774. After violence broke out between Britain and its American colonies in 1775, delegates from the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia to plot the course of war and soon, independence. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1775-1783. The American Patriots in the 13 Colonies won independence from Great Britain. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
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 on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
