Events that happened to form the Declaration of Independence

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war
    It was the indians fighting with the french against the british because they were trying to take the indians and french land.
  • the albany plan of union

    the albany plan of union
    to form a unified government for the 13 colonies
  • the stamp act

    the stamp act
    it was britain passing a law that the colonists need to pay a tax on every piece of paper even playing cards
  • american revolution

    american revolution
    the british vs the colonists for the shot they took at the colonists
  • boston massacre

    boston massacre
    the british fried shots into a crowd of drunk colonists because they were protesting
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party
    the colonists threw tea into the harbor for retaliating for the massacre
  • 1st continental congress

    1st continental congress
    55 colonial representatives to form a plan of action
  • intolerable act

    intolerable act
    the british wanted to punish the colonists for the tea party
  • battle of lexington and concord

    battle of lexington and concord
    the shot heard around the world and that started the war
  • 2nd continental congress

    2nd continental congress
    the 2nd attempt to fix what was wrong with the government that worked this time
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence
    the final thing that completed the government