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Albany Plan of Union
This was to get an unified government for the 13 colonies. It was thought up by 48 year old Benjamin Franklin. This happened in Albany, New York. It was also an delegate from Pennsylvania. -
start of the american revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America -
the stamp act
The Stamp Act Congress, or First Congress of the American Colonies, was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765, in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies -
Boston Massacre
On March 5 British troops opened fire and killed several people while under attack by a mob. It always also known as a incident on KIng Street by the British. -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
intolerable acts
so named by the colonists, included closing the port of boston until colonists paid for the tea dumped during the boston tea party, restricting town meetings in massachusetts, and allowed for british soldiers to be housed in private homes. -
first 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 -
2nd continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
battles of lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
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 on July 4, 1776 -
end of the American revolution
Results of the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War happened when the 13 British colonies wanted independance from British rule. They finally got it, when the British surrendered on April 11th, 1783. After the war, there were some big changes on both sides.
