1. The coming of Independence

2. King George III King George III comes to the throne in 1760
and demands more British involvement in
the colonies as well as more, you guessed
it, taxes.

3. The march to Revolution
The Albany Plan- Constructed by Ben
Franklin as a means for seven of the
Northern colonies to raise an army for
protection from the French and native
Americans. The King denied this leading to
dissention with the colonists.

4. It just gets worse…
Proclamation Line (1763)- Forbade Americans to settle in
certain western lands.
Stamp Act(1765)- taxed every legal document, newspaper,
pamphlet, deck of cards and dice.
Quartering Act (1765)- Required colonists to allow British
soldiers to stay in their homes.
Boston Massacre (1770)- British troops opened fire at a
crowd of colonists and killed five Americans.
Boston Tea Party (1773)- Colonists tossed British tea into
Boston Harbor to show hatred for tax on tea.
Intolerable Acts (1774)- Limited local government in
Massachusetts and closed Boston Harbor.

5. First Continental Congress
In reaction to all of the oppression from
Britain, the colonies sent
delegates to Philadelphia. By the end, the
ideas that grew out of Philadelphia had been
embraced by all of the colonies.

6. Second Continental Congress
Just weeks following British attacks at Lexington
and Concord, representatives of the colonies met
in Philadelphia for the 2nd Continental Congress. It
was here that they appointed George Washington
to lead the continental army against the British. A
year later (1776), the Congress asked a committee
to draft a document explaining why the colonies
felt it was necessary to free themselves from
British rule: The Declaration of Independence.