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Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies -
George III Becomes King of Britain
This was one of two great changes of the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain. -
French and Indian War
Started as a struggle between the French and British over lands in wester Pennsylvania and Ohio. Great Britain won the war. -
Stamp Act
Imposed the first direct tax on the colonists. -
Stamp Act Congress
Nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in New York. -
Coercive Acts
Withdrew the rights of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. -
Committees of Correspondence
Organizations of correspondence were urging resistance to the British. -
First Continental Congress
The Intolerable Acts prompted Virginia amd Massachusetts to call a general meeting of the colonies. Delegates from all the colonies except Georiga met in Philadelphia. -
Second Continental Congress
Within three weeks, delegates from all thirteen colonies gathered in Philidelphia. They immediately assumed the powers of the central government. -
Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Resolution of Independence
After more than a year of fighting had begun in the colonies, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia did declare independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Congress approved the final draft.