Steps Toward Independence

By mzmia3
  • Jameston, Virginia

    Jameston, Virginia

    Founding of First Successful English Settlement
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Pilgrims sign it
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act is passed
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Five colonists are killed by the British
  • Commitees of Correspondence

    Commitees of Correspondence

    Provided a network for cooperation and exchange of info for patriots
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Disguised men dumped cargo into sea to protest British control of tea trade
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Parliament passed a new set of laws

  • First Continental Congress

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    SEcond Continental Congress

    British still refused to compromise