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Intolerable Acts
Revengeful laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Part to punish the people -
Thomas Paine Common Sense
Was a pamphlet written about advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies -
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Made by the representatives of the people of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government -
Declaration of Independence
Is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Established a Congress charged with the ‘Management of the general interests of the United States. Americans had established for themselves state governments to provide for the safety and happiness of their own citizens ad a national government to take care of the general interests of all the states. -
Shays' Rebellion
Started when the government of Massachusetts wanted to raise taxes instead of issuing paper money to pay off its debts, taxes fell on the farmers and those who couldn’t pay lost their farms. Shay organized a group of farmers to seize weapons before marching to Boston, General Benjamin Lincoln sent 4,000 men to defend the arsenal, opening fire and killing 4 farmers, everyone left immediately, the next day Lincoln officially ended the rebellion.
