Road to the Constitution

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
  • Virginia Declaration of Rights

    Virginia Declaration of Rights

    The rights of men including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine's pamphlet setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document stating why it has severed its connection to Great Britain and is now free
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The first constitution of the 13 original states
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    A series of violent attacks in Massachusetts