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Boston Tea Party
A violent demonstration in 1773 by American colonists before the American Revolution. Colonists boarded vessels in Boston harbor and threw the cargoes of tea into the water in protest at the imposition of a tax on tea by the British Parliament, in which the colonists had no representation -
Stamp Act
an act of british parliment,stamp duty on news paper
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Olive Branch Petition
A request for peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to Britain's King George III, who rejected it. -
Declaration of Independence
A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown -
Articles of Confederation
a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period and the federal government provided under the Constitution for the United States in effect -
Shays's Rebellion
Reform of state government, later its overthrow -
The Constitution
The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution. -
The Great Compromise
defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution -
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship -
Three-Fifths Compromise
3/4 population of slaves wouldnt be counted.
