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Albany plan of Union
benjamin franklin proposed a plaan for uniting the colonies . The Colonies rejected the plan, however, because of it gave too much power to an assembly made up of representatives from all thirteen colonies. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War started as a struggle between the French and the British over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio. By 1756, several other European countries became involved. Great Britain won the war in 1763 and gained complete control of the eastern third of the continent. -
George III becomes king of Great Britain
He had different ideas aboout how the colonies should be governed. -
Stamp Act
stamp act was to help pay for the war, the king and his ministers levied taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper, and other products. -
Stamp Act Congress
Nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in New York. 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, argueing that only colonial legislatures could impose direct taxes such as the Stamp Tax. -
Coercive Acts
One of these acts closed Boston Harbor. The acts withdrew the right of the Massachuttes colony to govern itself. -
Committees of Correspondence
Committees of Correspondence were urging resistance to the British. these committees consisted of colonisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. This protest became known as the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The delegates debated what to do about the relationship with Great Britain. they finally imposed an embargo, an agreement prohibiting trade, on Britain and agreed not to use British goods. -
Second Continental Congress
The Continental Congress immediaetly assumed the powers of a central government. -
Lexington and Concord
British redcoats clashed with colonial minutemen at Lexinton and Concord in Massachusetts. The skirmish was the first battle of the revoluntionary war. -
Resolution of Independence
richard Henry Lee of Virginia did delcare independence. Lee introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress -
Declaration of Independance
John Hancock, the president of the Congress, was the first to sign the document, which eventually held signatures of all 56 delegates.
