1. Stamp Act Congress 1 st major cooperative action by colonists Desired the right to be consented on taxes

2. Committees of Correspondence Exchanged ideas and information about resistance to British acts

3. Sons of Liberty Effigy hangings, mock funerals, riots, acts of “barbarism” Boston, MA

4. Boycotts Daughters of Liberty – Spinning Bees Non importation agreements

5. Dickinson’s Letters Exposes unconstitutionality of British Acts

6. Boston Massacre Colonists antagonize British soldiers Used as anti- British propaganda

7. Gaspee Affair Colonists attack, loot, and burn British ship Rhode Island

8. Boston Tea Party Colonists dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor Disguised as Mohawk Indians

9. 1 st Continental Congress Representatives from 12 colonies meet in Philadelphia, PA Petition King George III

10. Olive Branch Petition Created by John Dickinson – 2 nd Continental Congress Final attempt to reconcile with KGIII

11. Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776 Composed by Thomas Jefferson