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The proprietary 

colonies were organized 

by a person to whom 

the king made a grant 

of land.

The charter 

colonies 

were mainly 

self-governing

The relationship between these 

colonies and Britain became federal. 

The colonies basically self-ruled 

until 1760. Restrictive trading acts 

were then enforced and new taxes 

were imposed.

In order to revolt the colonies would have to 

team up, otherwise they could not succeed.

Attempts made by the colonies included:

The New England Confederation

The Albany Plan

The Stamp Act Congress

Boston Tea Party

Parliament was not happy with these attempts 

and took matters into their own hands

in 1774 Parliament decided to punish the 

colonies by passing another set of laws. 

These laws prompted a meeting of the 

colonies. 

Delegates from every colony except Georgia 

met on September 5, 1774 in Philadelphia. 

After many discussions, the meeting ended 

on October 26.

There was to be another meeting in May of 

the Second Continental Congress.

On May 10, 1775, the Second 

Continental Congress met in 

Philadelphia. Each colony sent a 

representative to the congress. The 

Second Continental Congress became 

the nation's first national government.

In July 1776 the Declaration of 

Independence was formally adopted.

Then on March 1, 1781 the Articles of 

Confederation went into effect.

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger 

Sherman, Robert Livingston,and 

Thomas Jefferson prepared the 

Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 

1776, the Declaration was adopted. 

This proclaimed the existence of a new 

nation.

There was still a need for "a plan of 

confederation.

On November 15, 1777   the Articles of 

Confederation was approved. It was 

finally ratified on March 1, 1781. The 

Articles were weak and did not work. 

The government could not handle the 

nation's problems.

The failure of the Articles of 

Confederation lead to the Constitutional 

Convention.

All of the states except Rhode Island 

sent delegates to Philadelphia for the 

convention. They discussed revising the 

Articles of Confederation. Then they 

decided they would build a new 

constitution that would replace the 

Articles.

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