1. Filling in the chart with a brief description of the significance of each date as it related to American independence is as follows:
Year or Date Description of Events
1. 1643 Slavery was legalized in New England.
2. 1696 Slave trading for profit commenced
3. 1754 Britain imposed taxes on the colonies to pay for
the French and Indian wars.
4. 1765 Stamp Act of 1765 triggers the American Revolution.
5. 1770 March 5 The Boston Massacre occurred.
6. 1772 The Gaspee Affair occurred (burning of British
warship).
7. 1773 Dec. 16 The Tea Act and Boston Tea Party
8. 1774, Spring Enactment of the Coercive Acts by Britain.
9. 1774, September First Continental Congress against Intolerable Acts.
10. 1775, April 19 Commencement of the Battles of Lexington and
Concorde.
11. 1775, May 10 Second Continental Congress
12. 1776, June 7 Proposal for the Declaration of Independence by
Richard Henry Lee in the Continental Congress.
13. 1776, July 2 Official Declaration of Independence by Congress.
14. 1776, July 4 Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
15. 1781, March 1 Maryland ratifies the Articles of Confederation.
2. The key terms are reviewed as follows:
16. Delegates are authorized representatives, for example, of the 13 colonies during the Continental Congress.
17. Confederation is a union of sovereign groups, states, or colonies, acting for a common purpose.
18. To repeal is to revoke, annual, or reverse a law, making it null and void.
Thus, the timelines have been filled with descriptions of significant events and developments related to the American independence with some key terms explained.
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