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The American Revolution writing of declaration of rights and grievances
Congress appointed a committee, with two delegates from each colony to attend. The committee's duty in this resolution was "That a Committee was to be chosen to state the rights of the Colonies in general, the several instances in which these rights are violated or infringed, and the means most proper to be pursued for obtaining a restoration of them." The committee is to read its draft of the rights of the colonies on the 22nd, and is chosen on the 24th. -
Passing of the Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a number of acts meant to punish the port of Boston and the people of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea party. Parliament, which is under the leadership North, passed the first of these acts, like the Boston Port Act, in March 1774. Four of the Intolerable Acts were aimed at punishing the Massachusetts colonists for everything that had happened within the tea party. -
Publishing of Common Sense
Common Sense was published Common Sense in January 1776 support of the Patriot cause. Using clear, plain language, Paine rallied the colonists to support the break from Britain. It was written only a few months before the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense during a time when many colonists were beginning be upset with British control. When a number of big events had already prompted talk of independence like the Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, but was not signed until nearly a month later. The Congress were not approved of all 13 colonies until 5 days later. On July 19, Congress ordered that an official copy of the document be made. The order called for handwritten script to be used on parchment paper with the title "The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America." With the pen they used, it took long to complete. -
Adoptions of the Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was written as a document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after they got independence from Great Britain. It had established a weak government that mostly, but not entirely, prevented the individual states from conducting their own foreign diplomacy. The document served as the United States first constitution, and was in motion from March 1, 1781 to 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect. -
Shays Rebellion
Shays’s Rebellion was the uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and tough economic conditions. Armed bands forced closing on several courts to prevent endings of foreclosures and debt process. In September 1786, Daniel Shays and other leaders led many men in forcing the Supreme Court in Springfield to split. Shays led a group of about 1,200 men in an attack in January on the arsenal at Springfield, which fell back. -
Start of the Constitution convention
The Constitutional Convention was one of the most important events in United States Constitutional History, and the events that would have taken place in the Pennsylvania State House during that time would set the United States on the course towards becoming a true Constitutional Republic. The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was to see how America was going to be governed at the time.
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