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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the 13 colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin.
After the Albany Congress passed the Albany Plan, the plan was sent back to the British and to the individual American colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the British colonies and plantations in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
Taxation without representation. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston.
It led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British redcoats, the legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the America Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred at Griffin's Wharf in Boston.
It was the key-event for the Revolutionary War. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies and the outrage they caused became the major rush that led to the outbreak American Revolution. -
First Congress
Delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts.
It passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect in December, 1774. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt.
The American Patriots in the 13 colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War.
Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Second Congress
The United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the third and fourth years of George Washington's presidency.
Congress approved a Declaration of Causes outlining the rationale and necessity for taking up arms in the 13 colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence summarized the colonists' motivation for seeking independence.
The main purpose of America's Declaration of Independence was to explain to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain.
