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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. This lead to the Declaration of Independence because the Albany Plan failed to unite the colonies, so there needed to be a new way to do that. -
The Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonists were angry that unnecessary taxes were being forced upon them so they decided to take a stand against Britain. This was the first act of independence for the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. The colonists were so angry at the British for being unfair that they decided to attack. This was another event that led to the colonists declaring independence from Britain. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened in 3 British ships in the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea. This lead them to boycott the tea and throw it over board ships in the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots, on this day in 1774. These acts infuriated the colonists which later forced them to declare forms of independence from Britain. -
First Continental Congress
Served as first government for 13 colonies that was formed due to harsh British taxes. This was one of the first steps to the Declaration of Independence. -
Second Continental Congress
Conference of representatives of the 13 colonies that came together soon after the American Revolution. -
Start of American Revolution
A colonial revolt -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
This battle between the colonists and British authorities was the kickoff to the American Revolution. On April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord and attacked the colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the main form of document that the colonists wrote to Britain to declare independence. British rulers forced unnecessary rules on the colonists which infuriated them. -
End of American Revolution
the United States government and the British Parliament officially agreed to the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution.
