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Albany Plan
Ben Franklin proposed a plan to unite the colonies. It was denied. -
stamp act
This was an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown. -
Boston Massacre
A group of British soldiers started shooting rioting Americans, killing five of them. It was considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War and made the Americans want to fight back. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a direct protest by colonists in Boston against the Tea Taxes that had been imposed by the British government. Boston patriots, dressed as Mohawk Indians, raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped 342 containers of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
It was a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the mid-1770s. The British brought in the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party and the outbreak they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from the 13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to get Britain to repeal the intolerable acts. -
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american revolution start and end
The American Revolution, War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British Rule. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was the First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from each colonies met in Philadelphia, replacing the first continental congress. They managed the war. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in the 4th of July of 1776.
