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The Sugar Act.
The Sugar Act. was the first on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. It’s putpose was to raise revenue through the colonies customs service and give substorms agents more power. -
The Stamp Act.
The Stamp Act. was imposed to provide increased revenues to meet the costs of defending the enlarged British Empir -
Townshed Act.
A series of four acts, the townshed acts were passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant reperssenative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue dues. -
Intolerable Acts.
In retiation for colonies resistance to British rule durning the winter of 1773-74, the British Parliament enacted 4 messuars that became known as the Intolerable Acts. -
Declaration of Independence
After the Congress recommended that colonies form their own governments, the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and revised in Committee -
Articles of Confederation Ratified
The Articles of Confederation was a plan of government organization that served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress and federal government provided under the US Constitution of 1787. -
Treaty of Paris
After the British defeat at Yorktown, the land battles in America largely died out-but the fighting continued at sea, chiefly between the British and Americas European allies. -
New Constitution
The Constitutional Convection in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
