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Albany Plan of Union
Ben franklin proposed this plan but the colonists rejected it because it gave too much power to an assembly. -
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French and Indian War
started as a struggle between the french and british, great britan won the war in 1763 and gained complete contorl of the eaestern third of the continent. -
George III becomes king of Great Britain
george thought that the coloniest should be governed differently -
stamp act
first direct tax on the colonist. pay tax on documents pamphlets newspapers even dice and playing cards. colonies refused to buy british goods then the stamp act was repealed and replaced by other tax laws. -
Stamp Act Congress
first meeting organixed by the colonies to protest georges actions. they sent a petition to george arguing that only clonial legislatures could impose direct taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
group of colonists dressed as mohawk indians and dumped 342 chests of british ea into the boston harbor. -
Coercive Acts
withdrew the right of the masachusetts colony to govern itself. -
Committees of Correspondence
urging resistance to the british. consisted of colonists who wanted to keep in touch with one another as events unfolded -
First Continental Congress
delgaes from all the colonies exvept Georgia met in philadelphia. they debated what to do about the relationship with great britain. imposed embargo on britain snd boycotted british goods. -
Lexington and Concord
British clashes with the colonial minutemen for first battle of the reolutionary war. -
Second Continental Congress
delegates from all thirteen colonies gathered in philadelphia. assumed the powers of a central goverment with john hancock as president. -
Resolution of Independence
in the cotinental gongress that these united colonies are and of right aut to be free and independent states. -
Declaration of Independence
congress approved the final draft of the declaration. called the unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of america.