events leading up to the Declaration of Independence

By madireinhard14
  • The Albany Plan

    The Albany Plan

    Plan to place the British in a more organized government.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    Required all colonists to pay tax on all printed materials.
  • Start of the American Revolution

    Start of the American Revolution

    Began when the British troops and local militia at Lexington and Concord met.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    A riot in Boston where British troops quartered the city.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    American colonist could not buy tea.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Punishment to colonies for Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Organized colonial resistance to parliaments.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    A convention of delegates of the 13 colonies.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    First battle of Revolutionary War and the seized colonists military supplies.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Declared freedom of the 13 colonies.
  • End of the American Revolution

    End of the American Revolution

    Came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia.