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.