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The laws were passed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.
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It was written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.
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Congress declared its freedom from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, when it approved a resolution in a unanimous vote. After voting on independence, the group needed to draft a document explaining the move to the public.
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A document written by the Stamp Act that declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional.
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The continental congress adopted the articles of confederation, the first constitution of the United States
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An unarmed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on individuals and their trades.
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To decide how America was going to be governed
