Road to Revolution Timeline

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    Navigation Acts

    Parliament and King James II began a struggle for power. William and Mary promised to govern England. The English called this peaceful transfer of power the Glorious Revolution. It brought major changes for the government in England. Starting then no ruler would have more power then the legislature.
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    Fort Necessity

    The Albany delegates also talked about how the colonist might work together more closely against the French. They decided to adopt Benjamin Franklin's Albany plan of the Union for a united colonial government. Each colony would have to give up some of it's powers to form a colonist government.