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  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan

    A plan to create a unified government of the thirteen colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Tax on every printed piece of paper used by colonists, passed by British parliament
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    American Revolution

    Colonial revolt in which the American patriots won independence from Great Britain
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British army fire upon and kill civilians in a mob

  • Boston Tea Party

    Protest by the Sons of Liberty dumped a shipment of British tea into the harbor, to protest the taxes on tea.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Harsh laws passed by British parliament meant to punish Americans for the Boston Tea Party and other suchs revolts

  • First Continental Congress

    Delegates from each of the 13 colonies (except for Georgia) met to form an organize colonial resistance against the Intolerable Acts
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolution
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The signing of the Declaration of Independence, which declared the sovereignty of the 13 Colonies, free from the rule of Great Britain