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Albany Plan of union
Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies. The colony rejected the plan because it gave to much power to an assembly made up of representatives from all 13 colonies. -
French and indian war
The French and Idian war began as a struggle between the French and Brittish over lands in the western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Great Britain won the war in 1763 and gained complete control of the eastern third of the continent. -
George III becomes King of Great Britain
He had different ideas about how the colonies should be governed. -
Stamp Act
Imposed the first direct tax on the colonists. It required them to pay a tax on legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers, and even dice and playing cards. -
Stamp Act Congress
Nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in New York called the Stamp Act Congress. This was the first meeting organized by the colonies to protest King Georges actions. Delegates sent a petition to the king arguinf that only colonial legisslature could impose direct taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. -
Coercive Acts
In retaliation to the Tea Party the Parliament passed the coercive acts, which the colonists called the intolerable acts. One of these acts closed the Boston Harbor, Another withdrew the right of the Massachusetts bay Colony to govern itself. -
Committees of Correspondence
In 1773, organizations called committee of correspodence were urging resistance to the British. These committees consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded. Samuel Adams Established the first committee. -
First Continental Congress
Imposed an embargo, an agreement prohibiting trade, on Britain and agreed not to use british goods. They also proposed a meeting the following year if Britain did not change its policies. -
Lexington and Concord
British Red Coats clashed with colonial minutemen at Lexington an Concord. First battle of the Revolutionary war -
Second Continental Congress
Within Three weeks, delegates from all thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. It immediately assumed the powers of the central goverment. It chose John Hancock as President -
Declaration Of Independence
The congress approved the final draft, John Hancock the president was the first to sign, which explained the reason for declaring independence. its actual title was "The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America." -
Resolution of independence
Lee introduceda resolution in the continental congress "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and indepentdent states."
