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Sugar Act
After the French and Indian war, Great Britian found themselves in a boat load of debt. This lead to the "Acts". These so called Acts where put into place to raise money to recover from war debt. The first of these Acts is know as " The Sugar Act of 1764. This act put a tax on all raw sugar and molasses that was imported. This tax also lead to the creation of the phrase " No taxation with out representation! " -
Stamp Act
The 2nd of these outrageous taxes was the Stamp Act. This act was passed by the Britsh Parliment. It stated that all newspapers, legal document, licenses, and even playing cards would be taxed. This lead to the boycotting of stamped goods. This was one of the earliest signs of public disagreements with Britsh Ruling. In attempt to irradicate these acts a "Stamp Act Congress" was formed. They met in Boston and spoke out against British taxes. They issued a Declaration of Rigts and Grievegvanves. -
Boston Massacure
An increase in protest forced King George to send Troops to look over colonies. This presence of British soldiers in Boston's streets charged the air with hostility. A mob gathered in front of the Customs House and taunted the guards, shots were fired and five people died. One of thoes people was Crispus Attucks, a slave that is know as the first to die for the cause of the revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
As retaliation to the tea and intolerable acts, Boston Patriots dressed as Mowhawks, marched to Boston Harbor,boarded British ships and dumped all 18000 pounds of Tea in to the water -
Intolerable Acts
The Act was passed by King George III in response to the Boston Tea Party. Britain closed all ports until all the tea was payed for. Many of the colonist went on trial for the horrible crime. Boston was placed under martial law in correlation with the Quartering Act which forced all colonist to house and feed the Red coats. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting between delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5, 1774, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts (also known as Intolerable Acts) by the British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts had punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Start of The Revolutionary War
The American Revolution was the political stand up during the last half of the 1700's in which the 13 colonies joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then got rid all royal officials. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. It didn't push for a strong central government. This got the support of the anti-federalist movement that was lead by Thomas Jefferson. They believed in states rights. -
Shays Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. -
Creation of Political Parties
Political factions or parties began to form during the struggle over ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787.The Federalists, led by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, wanted a strong central government, while the Anti-Federalists, led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, advocated states’ rights instead of centralized power. -
The Great Compromise
The larger states favored the Virginia Plan. According to the Virginia Plan, each state would have a different number of representatives based on the state's population. The smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan. According to the New Jersey Plan, the number of representatives would be the same for each state. The compromise ties into the creation of the bicameral legislation. -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. it was written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific restrictions on governmental power.
