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Its purpose was to reform society using reason, to challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith
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The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congresswas a statement adopted by the First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774, in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament. The Declaration outlined colonial objections to the Intolerable Acts, listed a colonial bill of rights, and provided a detailed list of grievances.
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political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the United States Constitution.
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The American Revolution was a political disruption that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which the Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed an independent nation, the United States of America.
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The Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. In this document, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people.
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was a document signed amongst the 13 original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.
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a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution
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The ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British Canada and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south.
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The Constitution was made so that all people knew that they where equal and that they where protected.
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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights.Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power.
