Government

The colonies Unite

Jan 6, 1754

The albany Congress proposed that the colonies unite

Stamp Act

Oct 1, 1765

Required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, on certain business agreements, and on newspaper.

Five colonists are killed by the British at the Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British troops in Boston fired on a jeering crowd, killing five

Boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

The Tea Act is passed. Colonists respond with the Boston Tea Party.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

Delegates from every colony except for gerogia

First Continental Congress

Oct 26, 1774

The meeting Adjourned

The battles of Lexington & Concord

Apr 19, 1775

had been fought three weeks earlier

Second continental Congress

May 11, 1775

Met in Philadephia

Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence signed

Articles of Confederation

Mar 1, 1781

Went in to effect