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Albany Plan of Union
In response to the French attacks on the frontier, Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies- The Albany Plan of Union. The colonies rejected the plan, however, because it gave too much power to the assembly of elected representatives from the thirteen colonies. -
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French and Indian War
The war was a struggle between the French and British over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio. By 1756, several other European countries became involved. Great Britian won the war in 1763 and gained complete controle of the eastern thrid of the continent. -
George III becomes king of Great Britian
George had different ideas on how the colonies should be goverened. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act imposed the first direct tax on the colonists. It required them to pay a tax on legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers, even dice and playing cards.Parliment also passed laws regulating colonial trade in ways that benifitted the King instead of the colonists. -
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 George's actions. Delegates to the Congress sent a petition to the King, arguing that only colonial legislatures could impose direct taxes such as the Stamp Act. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chest of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Committees of Corespondance
Urged resistance to the British rule. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates for all colonies, except for Georgia, met in Philidelphia for the First Continental Congress. -
Coercive Acts
In retaliation to the Tea Party, the Coercive Acts were passed, withdrawing the colonists right to govern themselves. -
Lexington and Concord
Red Coats clashed with the minutemen, marking the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
Met to create their democracy. -
Resolution of Independance
Creation of the early draft of the Declaration of Independance. -
Declaration of Independance
Creation of the final draft of The Declaration of the United States of America, inspiring hearts of colonists everywhere.
