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American independance

  • Jamestown, VA

    Jamestown, VA

    the first successful English settlement is founded
  • confederation

    confederation

    "league of frindship". joining of groups for a common purpose
  • Albany plan

    Albany plan

    Creation of annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, buisness agreements, and newspapers
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    the colonists were angry about the new laws and they wouldnt sell or buy English goods. British troops killed 5 people
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    men protested against the British control of the tea treade
  • first continental congress

    first continental congress

    passed laws to punish the colonists.
  • War

    War

    Sparked the revolution
  • second continental congress

    second continental congress

    reacted to the declaration of rights with stricter measures
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence

    expresses the purposes of sel-govornment, limited constitutionalism, and what it means to be American