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Declaration of Rights and Grievances is passed
This was directed at the Stamp Act, which required that documents, newspapers, and playing cards to be printed on special stamped and taxed paper. The Declaration of Rights raised fourteen points of colonial protest. In addition to the specific protests of the Stamp Act taxes, it asserted that only the colonial assemblies had a right to tax the colonies, and Trial by jury was a right, and the use of Admiralty Courts was abusive. -
Boston Tea Party
An action done by Bostons colonist due to high taxes. They believe in dumping the tea in the ocean that it will prove how they are strongly againt the tea act. The tea act was passed by British Parliment in 1773. Colonists denied to the Tea Act for a lot of reasons, especially because they believed that it violated their right to be taxed only by their own elected representatives. -
First Continental Congress meets
A convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts. The Congress also called for another Continental Congress in the event that their petition was unsuccessful in halting enforcement of the Intolerable Acts. It had no effect so they have a second meeting later. -
Revolutionary war Begins
a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies on the North American continent (as well as some naval conflict). The war was the culmination of the political American Revolution, whereby the colonists overthrew British rule. In 1775, Revolutionaries seized control of each of the thirteen colonial governments, set up the Second Continental Congress, and formed a Continental Army. a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies on the North Americ -
2nd Continental Congress meets
The three colonies meet for the second time to restart what was supposed to happen from first Constitutional meeting. The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories. The New England militia were still encamped outside of Boston trying to drive the British out of Boston. The Second Continental Congress established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They also elected George Washington as Commander -
Declaration of Independence is Signed!
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country. -
Articles of Confederation is signed!
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, agreement of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Con -
Revolutionary War ends
They formally declared their independence as a new nation, the United States of America. From 1778 onward, other European powers would fight on the American side in the war. Meanwhile, Native Americans and African Americans served on both sides. -
ConstitutionalCongress opens
They met in the State House in Philadelphia, the same location where the Declaration of Independence had been signed 11 years earlier. For four months, 55 delegates from the several states met to frame a Constitution for a federal republic that would last into "remote futurity." This is the story of the delegates to that convention and the framing of the federal Constitution. -
Final Draft of Constitution is Signed
The product of four months of secret debate, the Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation and proposed an entirely new form of government.
