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stamp act
The law in which parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services. this led to the boston tea party by colonists protesting against goods like tea -
Boston Tea Party
The dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists to protest the Tea Act. -
Olive Branch Petition
adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in a fortified attempt to avoid a full-blown war between the Thirteen Colonies that the Congress represented, and Great Britain. -
Declaration Of Independence
The document written by Thomas Jefferson , the delegates of the continental congress declared the colonies independence from britain. -
Articles Of Confederation
It was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Shay's Rebellion
It was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts. -
The Great Compromise
known as the Connecticut Compromise, solved the issue of how the states were represented in congress. -
Three-Fifths Compromise
a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the enumerated population of slaves would be counted for representation purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives. -
The Constitution
the supreme law of the United States of America. -
Bill Of Rights
name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.