declaration of independence

By caligibson

  • albany plan

    plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies

  • american revolution

    colonial revolt took place between 1765 and 1783. american patriots won independence from great Britain, becoming the united states of america.

  • the stamp act

    was a tax put on every piece of printed paper they used

  • boston massacre

    a brutal street fight including the trowing of snowballs, stones, and sticks

  • boston tea party

    Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty boarded three ships and dumped 342 chest of tea overboard

  • intolerable acts

    harsh laws meant to punish the american colonist for the boston tea party.

  • first continental congress

    meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies

  • declaration of independance

    a statement adopted by the second continental congress meeting