Paving the way -- A taste of freedom -- Taxation without representation -- Bringing the colonies together -- The First Continental Congress -- One last chance -- Independence or not? -- The Declaration of Independence -- Congress chooses a commander in chief -- Articles of Confederation -- Constitutional Convention.
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As Great Britain taxed the colonists without representation, the colonists became angry. Groups of men in the colonies began writing to each other about this unfair treatment. These spirited men became the first congress and led the colonies to declare their independence.
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United States.
United States., (1787)
United States.
Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
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Constitutional history-- United States, Juvenile literature.
Constitutional law-- United States, Juvenile literature.