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Albany plan
Set plan to to place the British colonies in north america under a more controlled government suggested colonies need to protect themselves against the British. -
Stamp act
Act passed from British parliament in 1765 that made colonist pay taxes on every stamped piece of paper. the repel of this act in 1766 helped the revolutionary movement. -
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American revolution
Where 13 colonies in North America gained independence from Great Britain in the American Revolution (1775-1783), with support from France and other native allies.conflicts and colonists revolutionary acts pushed America's congress to make the declaration of independence and send it to Britain. -
Boston massacre
British soldiers opened fire on harassing mobs with out direct orders, soldiers where beat and verbally assaulted. eventually firing into a crowd killing 5 and wounding more. -
Boston tea party
As resistance to the tea act, several revolutionists dressed up as Mohawk warriors and stormed British shipping boats full of tea docked in Boston harbor. They dumped 343 cheats full of tea into the harbor . -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive acts passed against the colonist in response to the Boston tea party, raised lots of tensions. -
1st Congress
Representatives from each colony met and agreed they where upset with the British parliament passing another sent of law against the colonist. they wrote and sent a declaration of rights to the king, protesting his policies on the colonies. -
Battles of Lexington ans Concord.
First shots of the Revolutionary war where fired at Lexington on advancing British Troops from a small number of militia, the British returned fire on the militia and forced them to retreat from the grounds. While retreating the militia met up with more militia and prepared for a battle at Concord, with the British following them the ambushed them at a bridge near Concord where the fighting kept on all day. The Americans won the battles only losing 49 and the British losing 73. -
2nd Congress
Reacting to the British parliament refusing to compromise with the Declaration of rights. British parliament viewed the Declaration of rights as colonial discontent and became stricter on the colonies. The Congress formed a Continental army as they knew war loomed, and appointed George Washington as Commander and Chief. Wrote olive branch petition as last peace with Great Britain, and also served as the colonists first official government. -
Declaration of Independence
Representatives from all 13 colonies came together and wrote a final letter to Britain's king telling him they are breaking away from British rule.
