Key Events Leading to American Idependence

By faizmohamed
  • Stamp Act Congress

    Stamp Act Congress

    meeting in the federal hall where the Stamp Act was discussed
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Series of laws made my Britain in order to impose taxes on the American people.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    British troops shot at a riot that borke out
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Colonists in Boston boarded ships and dumped Britain's taxed tea into the Boston Harbor
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the passage of the Intolerable Acts.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Delegeates from the colonies met and managed the colonial war efforts
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    the 13 colonies became independent states and no longer part of Britain.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    America's first constitution that legally established the Union and
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Formally ended the American Revolution and negotiations between Francem Britain, and USA were made.