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The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in New York City, which included 9 of the 13 colonies delegates to discuss three major issues: trial by jury, a right of self taxation, and admiralty courts.
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British legislature intended to raise revenues from the colonies by putting custom duties on imports of glass, paint, lead paper, and tea.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five men by British soldiers
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American patriots dressed as Indians threw 342 chests of tea from three British ships into Boston Harbor lead by Samuel Adams.
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A document written by Thomas Jefferson, which announced that the thirteen colonies declared its independence from Great Britain, and now independent states.
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The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to protest against the Intolerable Acts. Congress voted to cut off colonial trade with Great Britain unless parliament abolished Intolerable Acts.
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The delegates of the thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia to completely break away from Great Britain.
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The first constitution of the United States and legally established the union of states. The Articles of Confederation created loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.
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Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives ending the war of the American Revolution.
