Ap Us History Dbq Essay
1. The American Revolution didn’t begin just because of one reason, but one major reason that really angered the Americans was when the British dumped tons of tea into Boston Harbor in December 1773 as a protest against the tax laws. The brutal British comeback to this act resulted in sending British troops to Boston and closing Boston Harbor, causing pressure and rancor to intensify. The British tried to disband the insurgents in Massachusetts by confiscating their weapons and ammunition and arresting the Patriotic leaders. Through the whole of 1774 and into 1775, strain in New England continued to rise. Minutemen met the British troops and disputed with them in Lexington, and later at Concord. The British departed to Boston, dealing with
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The economic problems troubled the thirteen states of the Confederation set the point for the formation of a strong central government under the federal constitution. Even though the original objective of the convention was to improve the Articles of Confederation. Immediately the ones who attended decided to build a new plan for a national government. That plan was known as the United States Constitution, and the Philadelphia convention became known as the Constitutional Convention of 1787. (Openstax, 202) One of the problems that the delegates talked about was about the way the representatives of the new government would be chosen. How would they be elected, and who would elect them. James Madison put forward a recommendation known as the Virginia Plan, which was about having a strong national government that could void state laws. The Virginia Plan also called for the addition of an executive branch and a judicial branch, both if which were not included in the Articles of Confederation. William Paterson brought in the New Jersey Plan to counter Madison’s plan, recommending that all states have equal votes in a unicameral national legislature. He also stated the economic problems by requesting that Congress have the power to administer trade to raise revenue through taxes on importations, and through postage, and to reinforce Congressional demands from the states. From Connecticut, Roger Sherman suggested an understanding known as the Great Compromise outlining a
The economic problems troubled the thirteen states of the Confederation set the point for the formation of a strong central government under the federal constitution. Even though the original objective of the convention was to improve the Articles of Confederation. Immediately the ones who attended decided to build a new plan for a national government. That plan was known as the United States Constitution, and the Philadelphia convention became known as the Constitutional Convention of 1787. (Openstax, 202) One of the problems that the delegates talked about was about the way the representatives of the new government would be chosen. How would they be elected, and who would elect them. James Madison put forward a recommendation known as the Virginia Plan, which was about having a strong national government that could void state laws. The Virginia Plan also called for the addition of an executive branch and a judicial branch, both if which were not included in the Articles of Confederation. William Paterson brought in the New Jersey Plan to counter Madison’s plan, recommending that all states have equal votes in a unicameral national legislature. He also stated the economic problems by requesting that Congress have the power to administer trade to raise revenue through taxes on importations, and through postage, and to reinforce Congressional demands from the states. From Connecticut, Roger Sherman suggested an understanding known as the Great Compromise outlining a