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Benjamin Franklin's proposal to unit the colonies
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he had a different idea of how the colonies should be governed
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a struggle started between the French and the British over land in western Pennsylvania and Ohio
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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.
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the first meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions
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a group of colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor
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withdrew the right of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself and closed the Boston Harbor
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urged the resistance against the British. consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded.
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debated what to do about the relationship with Great Britain
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where British redcoats clashed with colonial minutemen. first battle of the revolutionary war
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delegates from all 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to assume the powers of the central government
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declared that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states
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explained the reasons for declaring independence
