All Posts Tagged With: "American Revolution"
Doc of the Day: Articles of Confederation
On November 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress accepted the Articles of Confederation. The document was then sent to the states for ratification.
The Articles of Confederation, sometimes called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was the first constitution of the United States and the American colonies’ first successful attempt to form a unified government. [...]
Doc of the Day: Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress
On October 19, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress approved a Declaration of Rights (including fourteen resolutions) and several petitions denying Parliament’s authority to tax the thirteen colonies. The Stamp Act Congress and its resolutions helped lead to the act’s repeal in March 1766. They also led the colonists to focus on the idea of constitutional [...]
19Oct2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Proclamation of 1763
On October 7, 1763, Great Britain’s Board of Trade under King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation represented an attempt to control settlement and trade on the western frontier of Britain’s North American colonies. The proclamation essentially closed the Ohio Valley to settlement by colonists by defining the area west of [...]
7Oct2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: 1775 Proclamation by the King
On August 23, 1775, King George III of Great Britain issued the Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition. After the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, the war of words and harassment mutated into one where the weapons were rifles and artillery. George III, urged by his advisers, felt it [...]
23Aug2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued