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French and Indian war
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Join or Die campain meeting
"Join or die" was a political cartoon drawn by Benjamin Franklin on May 9, 1754 published in "Pennsylvania Gazette" and symbolized the colonies union during the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 happened on October 7, 1763 by George III and was caused by Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. This Proclamation was made to limit all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The "Treaty of Paris 1763" also know as the "Treaty of 1763" was signed to stop the French and Indian war. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 is a direct tax set for British Colonies imposing them to have any printed document forwarded to Great Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party was a culmination of a resistance movement against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. -
Intolerable Acts are passed by England
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Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It followed the First Continental Congress, which happened in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774. -
Common Sense is published
Common Sense is a pamphlet (booklet without hard cover) written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 stating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies -
Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House and stated that every 13 British colonies became 13 independent sovereign states and no longer under British rule
