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albany plan of union
the french put attack on the frontier in 1754 and benjamin franklin proposed a plan called the albony plan of union they rejected the plan however because of all the powe to an assembly made up of representatives. -
geprge III becomes king of great britain
he had different ideas about how the colonies should be governed. -
french and indian war
gained complete control of the eastern third of the continent. -
stamp act
imposed the first direct tax on the colonists. -
stamp act congress
nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in new york called the stamp act congress -
boston tea party
a group of colonist dressed as mohawk indians dumped 342 cheast of british tea into bosten harbor this protest became know as the bosten tea party -
coercive act
the coercive act withdrew the right of the massachusetts colony to govern itself. -
committees of correspondence
the committees of corrispondence were using resistance to the british. -
the first continental congress
the intolerable acts promted virginia and massachusetts to call a general meeting of the colonies. delegatse from all the colonies except georgia met in philadelphia on sept. 5, 1774 for the first continental congress. -
secon continental congress
assumend powers of the contral government -
lexington and concord
the first blow fell early on the morning of april british redcoats clashed with lexington and concord -
resolution of independence
lee introduced a resolution in the continental congress -
declaration of independence
the declaration of independence was signed
