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Albany Plan
The purpose of the Albany plan was to create a more unified government. This idea was suggested by Benjamin Franklin. This plan, with the saying "Join, or Die," would have brought the colonial
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American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Also Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards. It was a direct tax on the colonists and led to a conflict in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the Revolution -
Boston Massacre
It was a huge street fight patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech -
Boston Tea party
American colonist dumped there tea in the Boston harbor to protest the government's tax on tea. The event was so made a divide between British and America which lead to the Revolutionary War. -
1st congress
For nearly two months,these and other members of that first congress discussed the worsening situation and debated plans for action. Most of the delegates, many would be considered Founding Fathers of the United States. -
Intolerable Act
The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, and the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775. -
Battle of Lexington and concord
A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were retreating under intense fire. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
2nd congress
''The Second Continental Congress assumed the normal functions of a government, appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and appointing generals to lead the army.'' It was the convention of delegates from the 13 colonies. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/the-american-revolution/a/the-second-continental-congress -
Declaration of Independence
declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain.
