It was to protest the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765
-There are still reasons to become members today
helped organize colonist dissent and resistance to British policies
established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party.
Boston Tea Party
It was a political protest.
The reason The Boston Tea Party took place because of taxation without representation which is even more complex than that.
-The Tea Party, itself, didn't stir up the revolution.
Great Compromise
established the United States legislature as a bicameral, or two-house law-making body
the three major compromises were the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College
not all compromises are fair
Bill of Rights adopted
Washington sent a copy of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to State
The bill was delayed
Articles 3 through 12 were ratified and became The Bill of Rights
James Madison wrote the amendments as a solution to limit a government power and to protect liberties through the Constitution.
