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The Albany Congress
Representatives from seven colonies met with 150 Iroquois Chiefs in Albany, New York to try to secure the support and cooperation of the Iroquois in fighting the French, and to form a colonial alliance based on a design by Benjamin Franklin. -
The Albany Congress
Was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of the northern seven of the thirteen British North American colonies, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. They met daily at Albany, New York from June 19 to July 11, 1754 to discuss a better relati with the Native American tribes and common defensive measures against the French threat from Canada in the opening stage of the French and Indian War, the North American front of the -
Proclamation of 1763
After the the French and Indian War a proclamation was made. It closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. The proclamation claimed that all lands west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off-limits to the colonists. -
The Sugar Act
The law was the first passed to raise taxes in Colonies. They wanted everyone to pay more money for the things they bought. -
The Currency Act
Parliament passed the Currency Act, effectively assuming control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. -
The Stamp Act
The British Parliament imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
Parliament ordered local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
The Declaratory Act
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face. -
The Boston Massacre
The bosten massecre was a fight that took place in the streets of Bosten between a patriot mob and a squad of british soldiers. -
The Boston Tea Party
Tea Party - Schoolhouse Rock - No more KingsA political protest by the guys who fought fo liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. They disguised theselves as American Indians, and destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, to act against the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. -
Midnight ride
Joseph Warren sent Revere to warn the Massachusetts Provincial Congress about possible british movement. After the warning Concord residents began moving the military supplies away from the town, and revere did not shout "The British are coming!" -
The First Virginia Constitution
The document that defines and limits the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the citizens of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. -
Articles of Confederation
The Article of Confederation was adopted. -
U.S. Constitution
The Constitution was signed.
