The Colonies Rebel

By miklos11

  • Albany Plan of Union

    Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies

  • George III Becomes King of Britain

    This was one of two great changes of the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain.

  • French and Indian War

    Started as a struggle between the French and British over lands in wester Pennsylvania and Ohio. Great Britain won the war.

  • Stamp Act

    Imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.

  • Stamp Act Congress

    Nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in New York.

  • Coercive Acts

    Withdrew the rights of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself.

  • Boston Tea Party

    A group of Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor.

  • Committees of Correspondence

    Organizations of correspondence were urging resistance to the British.

  • First Continental Congress

    The Intolerable Acts prompted Virginia amd Massachusetts to call a general meeting of the colonies. Delegates from all the colonies except Georiga met in Philadelphia.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Within three weeks, delegates from all thirteen colonies gathered in Philidelphia. They immediately assumed the powers of the central government.

  • Lexington and Concord

    The first battle of the Revolutionary War.

  • Resolution of Independence

    After more than a year of fighting had begun in the colonies, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia did declare independence.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Congress approved the final draft.