timeline

By jackiem89

  • Prohibitory Act

    The Britism government banned colonists from setting west

  • First Continental Congress

    In Philadelphia with every colony, execpt Georgia, sending delegates. Among Patrick Henry, George Washington, Sam Adams, and John Hancock

  • Second Continental Congress

    It meets in Philadelphia

  • Olive Branch Petition

    Congress sends a petition to the king asking him to reach an agreement.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Drafted by thomas jefferson the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's cherished symbol of liberty