1700-1776

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Albany Plan of Union
1754 proposal to unite colonies for defense and cooperation.
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Benjamin Franklin
Proposed the Albany Plan of Union.
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Why did the Albany Plan fail?
Colonial assemblies and Britain did not want to give up power.
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Declaratory Act (1766)
Britain claimed the right to tax and govern the colonies.
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Townshend Acts
Taxes on imported goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
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Crispus Attucks
First person killed in the Boston Massacre.
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First Continental Congress (1774)
Meeting of colonial delegates to respond to the Intolerable Acts.
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Lexington and Concord (1775)
First battles of the American Revolution.
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Shot heard round the world
Phrase associated with Lexington and Concord.
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Treaty of Paris (1763)
Ended the French and Indian War.
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Proclamation of 1763
Forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Why did colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763?
It prevented them from settling on land gained after the French and Indian War.