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It is important because it was the first time government was truly limited in this case between the people of England and their king -
The first colonies were extremely important because it was the first time the English had their own ideas, legislature, and court system. Which began to develop into a democracy with timed. -
This was important because it made it abundantly clear on what the government could and could not do -
This event was important because the American colonists realized they no longer needed Great Britain to protect them from the French.
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This was the first direct tax upon the colonies it was meant to benefit Great Britain and therefore were unfairly taxed, "taxation without representation" -
This was the first meeting organized by the colonies to protest King George’s actions
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This event of dumping British product in to the harbor was one of the largest acts of defiance to date by the colonist further pushing them away from England.
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The British continued to try to remain in control of the colonists and over time it only infuriated them
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The colonists prohibited trading with Britain in order to attempt to resolve the governmental issues with England, the situation only escalated for the colonists.
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This is considered the battle that started it all, the first battle of what became known as the Revolutionary War
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Second Continental Congress served as the acting government of the colonies throughout the war. It purchased supplies, negotiated treaties, and rallied support for the colonists’ cause
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This was important because the colonists officially declared the U.S. as separate from the English rule.
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The articles where the first attempt to govern the U.S. independently and ultimately failed.
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The colonists second attempt and rewriting the government in which everyone was heard and everyone had to agree, the peoples and governments best interest were top tier.
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This was important because the U.S. and a uniform governing body for the states, agreed upon by everyone
