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Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Treaty of Paris
was signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
SUGAR ACT
Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
STAMP ACT
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament then agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act was passed. -
TOWNSHED ACTS
the English Parliament decided to cut British land taxes. In order to make up for the difference and to continue to finance their troops in the Colonies, Charles Townshend, the British Treasurer, promised he would tax the colonists. -
Committee of Correspondence
Dabney Carr proposed the formation of a permanent Committee of Correspondence before the Virginia House of Burgesses. -
Tea Act
passed by Parliament would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Coercive Acts
Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots -
Quebec Act
was used to govern the Province of Quebec. -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. -
Second Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress adjourns on 26 October 1774, but delegates resolve to reconvene in May 1775 if Parliament does not address their grievances. Delegates return to their respective colonies and play a vital role in ensuring that Congress's mandates are implemented. -
Coercive Acts
Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. -
Washington's Defeat at Ft. Duquense/Ft. Necessity
between french and britain washington tried to lead his men into battle and he failed -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on July 4, 1776. On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee's motion for independence.
