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Albany Plan
A plan to have a unified government among the 13 Colonies. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin. -
Stamp Act
It was placed by the British Parliament. This act was for all American Colonist which required them to pay tax on any type of paper. -
Boston Massacre
British army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
The British added tax to tea. All the American Colonist were angry and they dumped out all the boxes of tea off the boat into the ocean. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting between people from 12 of the 13 colonies. This took place from September 5th to October 26th. They organized the colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
They were passed by the British Parliament in reaction the Boston Tea Party. This included the closure of the port of Boston, a British government in Massachusetts, obligatory quartering of British troops and the right of royal officials to be tried in England. -
Second Continental Congress
It controlled and created the Colonial war effort and moved towards independence. -
Battle of Concord and Lexington
This was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. It was a battle between Great Britain and the 13 colonies in America. -
Start of American Revolution
A colonial revolt between Great Britain and the 13 Colonies in America. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration Of Independence summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence for the people. -
End of the American Revolution
The American Patriots of the 13 colonies won Independence for Great Britain. They became The Untied States of America.
