Government 4th Barry Conner & Gavin

  • Albany plan

    Albany plan
    The albany plan was to create a unified government, that is free and equal for everyone for the thirteen colonies. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin who was 48 and a delegate from pennsylvania.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the Americans and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London carrying an embossed revenue stamp
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under harassment by a mob.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party happened in 3 British ships in the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea.
  • 1st Congress

    1st Congress
    Was a meeting of delegates from the thirteen colonies who met on september, 5 to October 26, 1774 at carpenters hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. ... In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord (start)

    Battle of Lexington and Concord (start)
    Was a war between the people of the thirteen colonies and the British authorities, tensions had been building for a long time as the british put a tax on everything that the americans did.
  • 2nd Congress

    2nd Congress
    The Second United States Congress, consists ofof the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 4, 1791, to March 4, 1793, during the third and fourth years of George Washington being president.
  • American Revolution (start)

    American Revolution (start)
    The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement brought out by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776.
  • American Revolution (End)

    American Revolution (End)
    an 18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence as the United States of America.
  • Battle at Lexington and Concord (end)

    Battle at Lexington and Concord (end)
    The americans won the war overall as the british backed off into boston the americans won but payed a big price many of there men died.