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Albany Plan
Suggested by Benjamin Franklin, this was a plan to create a unified government between the thirteen colonies. Was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonists as a collected whole united under one government. -
The Stamp Act
Tax introduced on legal documents to pay for defense of colonies. Americans boycotted British good because they were angry.The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766. -
Boston Massacre
A small riot that happened between the American colonists and the British soldiers in Boston. There was fighting that turned into British soldiers killing 5 colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston patriots organized the Boston tea party as a way to protest the Tea Act. On the night of December 16th 1773 colonists disguised themselves as Indians, boarded the ships and threw tea overboard. The outcome for Boston was that the parliament put the intolerable acts in place. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of acts set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for protesting against the British. The 3 laws of the intolerable acts were 1.) The Boston Harbor was closed until all tea was paid off
2.) British troops accused of murder would be tried in England and not the colonies.
3.) British troops accused of murder would be tried in England and not the colonies. -
First Continental congress
The delegates from the First Continental Congress debated on how to deal with Britain. Some wanted to end the conflict by using violence, and others wanted peace. The delegates compromised and decided that they would continue the boycott and warn militias to be ready. -
The Start and End of the American Revoltion
The war between Great Britain and its American colonies, which the colonies won their independence. Some of the causes of this war was the Proclamation act of 1763, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, lack of representation in parliament, and British economic policies following the French and Indian War. The war finally ended September 3rd 1783, and it helped spark the French Revolution. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
"The shot heard around the world". These battles initiated the Revolutionary War between the American colonists and the the British.The out come of the battle was because the colonists wanted a self-government. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental congress managed the Colonial war effort, and moved towards independence. The Second Continental Congress created the Continental army, authorized the printing of colonial money, and dealt with foreign affairs. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document that declared independence from Britain and the formation of a new country. Mainly summarized the natural rights of people, the British wrongs,and declaring independence from Britain.
