American Constitution

By rupertegg

  • 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