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Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies in responce to french attacks. COlonies thought it gave to much power to the assembely. -
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French and Indian War
War between France and Great Britian over lands in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Great Britian won they have alot of land. -
George III becomes king of Great Britian
George III becomes king of Great Britian. He was gunna lay the smack down on them American colonies with taxes and laws. -
Stamp Act
George passes direct tax on colonies. He taxed tea, sugar, glass, paper, and others. -
Stamp Act Congress
Nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in New York. It was the First Meeting organized by the colonies in protest to king George's Action. They Sent a petition to the king sasying only colonial legislature could impose a direct tax. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonialist dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into the boston harbor. -
Committee of Corespondence
Committees organized in the colonies to keep other all the areas inform of what the king was doing and to unify them. -
Coercive Acts
In responce to the boston Tea Party the king passes these laws. It closed the harbor and withdrew the right for massechusets to govern it self. -
First Continetal Congress
Delegates from all the colonies except Georgia meet to discuss what the colonies should do. This was in responce to king george's intolerable acts. -
Lexington and Concord
Start of Revolutionary War. Red coats clash with colonial minutemen. The start Of Merica. -
Second Continental Congress
Created the "colonial government". Repesentatives meet and elected John Hancock as Pres. Created a army and navy. George Washington was comander of continetal Army. -
Resolution of Indepence
Richard Henery Lee declared indepence. "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" This lead to the declaration of indepence, -
Declaoration of Independence
The United States was born. The final draft of the decloration wasa accopeted and signed. This is know as indepence day. Merica is Merica Document stating we are free.
