Key Events Leading to American Idependence

Stamp Act Congress

Oct 19, 1765

meeting in the federal hall where the Stamp Act was discussed

Townshend Acts

Apr 24, 1767

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

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British troops shot at a riot that borke out

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonists in Boston boarded ships and dumped Britain's taxed tea into the Boston Harbor

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the passage of the Intolerable Acts.

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

Delegeates from the colonies met and managed the colonial war efforts

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

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

Articles of Confederation

Mar 1, 1781

America's first constitution that legally established the Union and

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

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