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Albany Plan of Union
Ben Franklins plan for uniting the colonies that was shot down because it gave to much to power to the assembly -
George III becomes king of Great Britain
He had different ideas about how the colonies should be governed. -
French and Indian Wars
A struggle over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Great Britain won the war in 1763 -
Stamp Act
imposed the first direct tax on the colonies. It required them to pay a tax on all legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers, and even dice on playing cards -
Stamp Act Congress
Nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in New York. This meeting was to protest King Georges actions -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. -
Coercive Acts
Colonists called the intolerable acts. One of these acts closed the Boston Harbor. -
Committees of Correspondence
Groups of colonisted who wanted to stay in touch with eachother as events unfolded. Samuel Adams established the first committee in Boston. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met in Philidelphia. Yhe delegates debated what to do about the relationship Great Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
British redcoats clashed with colonial minutemen at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. This skirmish was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
The continental congress met and immediatley assumed the role as the central government. It chose John Hancock as its president since he was a wealthy merchant and could help raise funds for an army -
Resolution of Independence
Richard Henry Lee inrtroduced a resolution to the Continental Congress saying that these united colonies are and of right iught to be free and independent states. -
Declaration of Independence
A committee of John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roberts Livingston, and Roger Shermanto prepare a written declarition which declared us a seperate nation from Great Britain and free from Britains control.
