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Albany Plan for the Union
Plan to Create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by Ben Franklin. -
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French and Indian War
It pitted the colonies of British American against those of New France. -
Proclamation of 1763
the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands -
Quartering Act
Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Declaratory Act
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. -
Townshend Act
Placed an indirect tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea, resistance led to Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
An incident in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Tea Act
The taxation of the tea infurated colonists and led to the boston tea party, which in turn led to the revolutionary war. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, appeals directly to King George III and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain -
2nd Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies, managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence. -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
A pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
A 12-by-18 foot oil-on-canvas painting by American John Trumbell depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. -
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the US. -
Treaty of Paris
Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.