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First Continntal Congress calls for abolition of slave trade
When they call for abolition of slave trade they founded the first antislavery society called the Quakers -
A Shaky Start Toward Union
There were many issues before the union. Prospects for erecting a lasting regime were far from bright.Disruptive forces stalked the land.War-baby American industries, in particular, suffered indus- trial colic from such ruthless competition. -
The Pursuit of Equality
The fight for All men are created equal,” the Declaration of Independence proclaimed, and equality was everywhere the watchword. Everyone could vote and be free including laborers. -
Philadelphia Quakers found world's first antislavery society
They weren't in favor for slavery so they went against it in a big way becoming the first antislavery society. -
New Jersey constitution temporarily gives women the vote
Gives them the right to vote because they fought that women are all equal and everyone deserves a chance to vote because they were now independent. -
Copley Family Portrait
A portrait painting like this one by John Singleton Copley documents physical likenesses, cloth- ing styles, and other material possessions -
Constitution Making in the States
The Continental Congress in 1776 called upon the colonies to draft new constitutions. Most of these documents included bills of rights, specifically guaranteeing long-prized liber- ties against later legislative encroachment -
Articles of Confederation adoptded by Second Continental Congress
it was translated into French after the Battle of Saratoga so as to convince France that America had a genuine government in the mak- ing. The Articles were not ratified by all thirteen states until 1781, less than eight months before the victory at Yorktown. -
Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote
a special convention to draft its constitution and then submitted the final draft directly to the people for ratification. Once adopted in 1780, the Massachusetts constitution could be changed only by another specially called constitutional convention. This procedure was later imitated in the drafting and ratification of the federal Constitution. -
Patriots in Philadelphia
The fifty-five delegates were a conservative, well- to-do body: lawyers, merchants, shippers, land speculators, and moneylenders. No one came to represent the poorer. They sought to curb the unrestrained democracy rampant in the various states. -
Articles of Confederation put into effect
The Articles of Confederation—some have said “Articles of Confusion’’—provided for a loose con- federation or “firm league of friendship.’’ Thirteen independent states were thus linked together for joint action in dealing with common problems, such as foreign affairs. -
The Horrid Specter of Anarchy
The requisition system of raising money was breaking down; some of the states refused to pay anything, while complaining bitterly about the tyranny of “King Congress.’ -
Military officers form Society of the Cincinnati
They made this group to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War. -
The impact of the American Revolution was worldwide.
The impact of the American Revolution was worldwide. About 1783 a British ship stopped at some islands off the East African coast, where the natives were revolting against their Arab masters. When asked why they were fighting they replied,
“America is free, Could not we be?” -
United States in 1783 achieved complete independence in name only
They became free but there were still issues like slavery and different laborers working along with women not being able to vote.
