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Albany Plan
A failed plan suggested by Benjamin Franklin to create a unified government for the colonies. -
Stamp Acts
The British Parliament created a tax on the colonists that made them required to pay a tax on papers, newspapers and other publications, playing cards, licenses, and legal documents. -
Start of the American Revolution
The American Revolution begins. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed colonists while under attack by a mob of them. There were 5 deaths. This took place in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest to the stamp acts. The colonists did not want to pay a tax on British tea following the Tea Act of 1773. A group of colonists in Massachusetts disguised themselves as Indians and boarded three British tea ships. They dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable acts
In response to the Boston Tea Party and many other protests, harsh laws were passed to punish the colonists. -
First Continental Congress
In the spring of 1774, after parliament passed laws to punish the colonists, it called for a meeting of the delegates from every colony except Georgia. Many important people were there including George Washington, John Adams, and James Wilson. They discussed the situation and debated plans for action. They hoped to reach a compromise with the King of England, King George III. This took place in Philadelphia. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First military engagements of the Revolutionary War. In total, there were 122 casualties. This all happened when the British army was sent to confiscate colonial weapons, when they run into an untrained angry militia who defeated the 700 trained British soldiers. -
Second Continental Congress
After the British government refused to compromise and reverse its colonial policies, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. During this, they created the nation's first national government. It was the first government for the United States for five years that helped raise armies, fight the war, trade, create a money system, and create treaties. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the one of the most important documents in U.S. history. The document stated that the colonists no longer want to be under British rule, and that the colonies were coming together to become a new country. -
End of the American Revolution
The american Revolution comes to an end.
