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Declaration of Rights and Grievances is Passed
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document created and passed October 19, 1765 by the Stamp Act Congress, declaring that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional.This was especially directed at the Stamp Act, which required that documents, newspapers, and playing cards to be printed on special stamped and taxed paper. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government. Thes Boston Tea Party happened after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The tax on tea was repealed with the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778, part of another Parliamentary attempt at conciliation that failed. -
First Continental Congress Meets
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. The Congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies, the exception being the Province of Georgia, which did not send delegates.The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade. -
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Revolutionary War
This began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.Colonists galvanized around the position that the Stamp Act of 1765, imposed by Parliament of Great Britain, was unconstitutional.Each colony sponsored local militia.In 1783, the Treaty of Paris ended the war and recognized the sovereignty of the United States over the territory bounded roughly by what is now Canada. -
2nd Continental Congress Meeting
It was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories. They elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.Delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies were present when the Second Continental Congress convened. -
Declaration of Idependence is Signed
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.A committee was assembled to draft the formal declaration, to be ready when congress voted on independence.Having fought for independence, After the war freedmen faced housing and job discrimination. -
Articles of Confederation
It was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. This was starting to get drafted in 1776 but didnt get approved till 1777.There were long debates on such issues as sovereignty, the exact powers to be given the confederal government, whether to have a judiciary, and voting procedures.The formal ratification by all 13 states was completed in early 1781. -
Constitutional Congress Opens
It was to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. They wanted to create a new government rather then fixing the one they already had. The result of the Convention was the United States Constitution, placing the Convention among the most significant events in the history of the United States.
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Final Draft of The Constitution is Signed
This document was signed on september 17, 1787 by members of the Constitutional Convention. James Madison was the person who wrote the Constitution he was known for that and called the father of our constitution. This was only signed by 38 out of the 41 delegates,
