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Albany Plan of Union
This plan proposed a unification of the colonies. Met in Albany, New York, and had more than 20 representatives from northern and mid-Atlantic colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
A crowd gathered around crown-appointed officials and verbally abused and harrassed them. Soldiers fired into a mob in Boston, instantly killing 3 citizens and wounding others. -
Boston Tea Party
After British officials refused to return 3 ship loads of tea to Britain, a groupd of colonists boarded the ships and destryed it by throwing it into the Boston harbor. They did this to protest taxes. -
First Continental Congress
Met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26 1774. All colonies except Georgia attended. Used to show a combined authority to Great Britain. -
Second Continental Congress
Adopted the Declaration of Independence. Georgia once again did not participate. However, they decided to after the American Revolution started. -
Declaration of Independence
Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Announced that the 13 colonies declare themselves as states, independant from Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
Agreement between the 13 founding states that established the USA as a confederation of soverign states. It served as America's first constitution. -
Shay's Rebellion
An armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. It was caused by many things such as debt, post-war economic depression, and a fiscally hard government.
