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plan to unite the colonies
plan was rejected because of it gave too much power to the assembly made up of representatives from all 13 colonies -
he had a different ideas about how the colonies should be governed.
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The French and Indian war started as a struggle between the French and British over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio
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first direct tax on the colonists
required them to pay tax on legal documents, pamphlets, also passed laws. -
First meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions.
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New British laws caused discontent among colonists who believed their civil rights were being denied.
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or intolerable acts
withdrew the right for Massachusetts to govern itself
closed Boston Harbor -
consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one other as events unfolded.
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debated on what to do with their relation with great Britain
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British redcoats clashed with the colonial minutemen at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
First battle of the Revolutionary War -
the Continental Congress immediately assumed the powers of a central government. It chose John Hancock of Massachusetts as President.
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Richard Henry Lee of Virginia did declare independence
that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free independent states. -
Congress approved the draft. John Hancock the president of the Congress, was the first to sign the document, which eventually held the signatures of all 56 delegates.
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