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Stamp Act
The stamp act was the taxation of good in the colonies so Britian could pay their war debts -
Boston Massacre
british soldiers shot and killed protesters -
Boston Tea party
colonist dressed as native americans thew british tea into the Boston harbor pushing the two sides closer to war -
First continental congress
they held the plan to arm and train a militia, and sent a declaration of rights to king george -
Intolerable act
harsh laws passed by british parliament to punish american colonist for boston tea party -
Second continental congress
Chose george washington to lead the continental army, each colony has their own representative -
battles of Lexington and concord
first engagements in the war -
declaration of independence
statement adapted by the second continental congress to declare independence from the British crown -
End of American revolution
the war ends with British defeat and American and French victory -
Albany Plan
this was rejected by all legislators, colonies did not want to give up their power to the Federal gov