First Continental Congress

weren’t enough with no right to tax citizens and no executive branch in the Articles the government wasn’t very strong. This led to the drafting of The Constitution, which encompassed different checks and balances, and was ratified on June 21, 1788, the first American party system Federalist and Anti-Federalist were formed. The American Revolution gave the thirteen colonies the much-wanted freedom from British rule and created a thriving new democratic…

British taxes and trade regulations. It marked the first time in history that a people fought for their independence in the name of certain universal principles such as rule of law, constitutional rights, and self rule. The roots of the American Revolution can be traced to the year 1763 when British leaders began to take what ultimately…

DBQ 3 During the mid and late 1700’s Britain had full sovereignty of the North American colonies. Since Britain controlled them , the colonies did began to prosper but they noticed that Britain was holding them down to their full potential of prosperity with these restrictions and limitations that were laid out to them. The colonies weren’t able to establish an independent nation that they desired and decided to rebel against Britain. These rebellions were all started from economics ,…

the matter of writing a constitution. At first a constitution was written with a Bill of Rights, different from the one today. This does not work well so they write the Articles of Confederation in 1777. In 1787 congress meets to improve the Articles of Confederation because it is also failing. They decide on a Republic but two different types of states have two different ideas. The first plan created was the Virginia Plan. In the Virginia plan, the first house would be selected be an amount of…

How to Help Homeless Veterans In 1775, the Continental Army was formed by the Continental Congress to raise an army to fight against the British. Since that day, brave men and women have fought and died for this country. Some of those brave men and women that have fought for our country didn’t die. Some of them lived, and some of those men and women are living on the streets. There’s now a big problem in our country. They risked their lives to defend our nation against its enemies and now they…

colonists even angrier. The intolerable acts cause the First Continental Congress it was a group of 55 delegates representing 12 of the 13 colonies. They came together to send the declaration of rights and grievances to the king. This was the United States declaring a revolution. Tensions were far too high for the king to respond in favor of the colonist. This caused the Battle of Lexington and Concord. This thing called for the second Continental Congress which ultimately led to the…

off of population. Benjamin Franklin is known for electricity, politics, and his role in the science of electricity. His newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette was purchased by him in 1729, and he is responsible for authoring and publishing the first political cartoon. He is credited for the invention of the Franklin Stove and the discovery of lightning being electricity. He proposed a plan for the uniting of the colonies in 1754. Robert Livingston was born in New York City in 1746. He was a…

INTRODUCTION “We fight, we get beat, we rise, and we fight again.” This research project will explore the evolution of Nathanael Greene, as a paradigm, from being a prominent Quaker pacifist to becoming one of the most active members as General of George Washington’s military unit during the American Revolution in order to understand how Quakerism could potentially be faithfully compatible with pacifism and the struggles of a “just” war. As an activist for the same principles of the American…

Married to the second president of the United States of America, John Adams, Abigail Adams served as the first lady from 1797 to 1801 (First Ladies). Unafraid, Abigail openly spoke her mind question many beliefs of her husband. On March 31, 1776, Abigail privately wrote to her husband. A letter that was far more than the average update. At the time John Adams was away at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia while Abigail remained at their home in Braintree, Massachusetts (History.com Staff).…

The life of Benjamin Franklin, an American mastermind, is purely breathtaking. His ability to accomplish so much within his life is proof of the American Dream. Not only did Franklin have a scientific life, but he also has a political life. Although first a strong supporter of the English crown and Parliament, Franklin later becomes a powerful and important contributor to the American Revolution. This paper will argue that Franklin’s reason for his shift is simply because of Great Britain’s…