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Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for the uniting of the colonies
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Has different ideas of how the colonies should be governed.
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Started the struggle between the French and British over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio, Great Britain eventually won
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King George III needed money, so him and his ministers levied taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper, and other products. It was the first direct tax on the colonists.
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The colonists called the Intolorable Acts, one of them closed Boston Harbor, another withdrew Massachusetts colony to govern itself
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New York called the Stamp Act Congress, it was the first meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions. They ended up sending a petition to the king, arguing that only colonial legislatures could impose direct taxes such as the Stamp Tax
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A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Stamp Act
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Organizations urged resistance to the British. These committees consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded.
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The Intolerable Acts prompted Virginia and Massachusetts to call a general meeting of the colonies. Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia. They debated what to do about their relation with Great Britain.
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The first blow of the American Revolution, where redcoats clashed with colonial minute men at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
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Within three weeks, delegates from from all thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia for a second time. They immediately assumed the power of a central government, choosing John Hancock as president of Massachusetts
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A three part document created in Second Continental Congress to declare the colonies rightfully independent of the Great Britain
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On July 2nd 1776 The congress approved Lee's resolution and the colonies officially broke away from Great Britain. Then Congress turned to the Decoration of Independence which was a written decoration of independence to make it official. Which was approved by congress of July 4th 1776
