The Road to Independance

Unrest in the American ColoniesStamp ActDeclaratory ActTownsend ActsBoston MassacreIntolerable Acts

Continental Congresses1st in 1774 Philadelphia British Parliament could not pass laws for colonies with consent Lexington and Concord2nd in 1775 John Hancock - President George Washington - General Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independance

Articles of Confederation John Dickson Weak central government Ratification four years later Was able to deal with Western territories Failed elsewhere in government

American Revolution Advantages and Disadvantages Bunker Hill in Boston Howe in Brooklyn Heights, Harlem Heights and White Plains, New York. Washington moves into New Jersey and Delaware End of the War

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