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Benjamins plan to unite the colonies.
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the british defeated the french, eliminating their power in North America
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he was determined to deal firmly with the American colonies
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first direct taxon the colonists
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the first meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George's actions
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withdrew the right of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself
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assumed the powers of a central government
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a group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests os british tea into the boston harbor.
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organizations were urging resistance to the British.
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key colonial leaders such as Patrick Henry, Samual Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and George Washington attended
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This skirmish was the first battle of the Revolutionary war
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the colonies officially broke Great Britain
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Congress approved the final draft
