timeline

  • 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