New england colonies

New England Colonies

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  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    This act taxed most paper products including newspapers.

  • The Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts
    This English act taxed lead, glass, paint, paper and tea.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    English soilders killed five and injured six hostile Boston citizens who opposed the Townshend acts.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonial citizens threw boxes of tea overboard because they opposed the tax o tea.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    This act allowed some people to be tried in England, quartering for British soilders, and allowed the King to appoint the Governor's counsel instead of electing them.

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    All colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to discuss problems in the colonies. They sent King George III a letter saying they were loyal to him but these problems needed to be fixed. They refused to trade with England until they could govern themselves.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    All the colonies met in Philadelphia and created a Continental Army. They made George Washington Commander-in-Chief.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown was signed on July 4, 1776, by the congressional representatives of the 13 Colonies.

  • Delaware

    Delaware
    Delaware is the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania is the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • New Jersey

    New Jersey is the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • Georgia

    Georgia is the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut is the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution,

  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts is the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • Maryland

    Maryland is the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina is the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire is the ninth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • Virginia

    In 1788 Virginia was the tenth state to ratify the Constitution and recommended the Bill of Rights be added.

  • Virginia

    Virginia is the tenth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • New York

    New York is the eleventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • North Carolina

    North Crolina is the twelfth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island is the thirteenth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.