GVT-110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Bicameralism, Direct Democracy, Intolerable Acts
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13 colonies declared independence in 1776 from britain. Colonists faced costs associated with the french and indian war. These colonists organized the sons of liberty to voice and protest. The british parliament responded by passing the coercive acts (called the intolerable. Acts by the colonists), which instituted martial law in massachusetts. They had to hold british soldiers in their homes. During the revolutionary war, the articles of confederation served as the system of government for the former colonies. Thomas jefferson had the primary responsibility for drafting the. The main ideas expressed in the declaration of independence were individual rights and liberties and the duty of the government to protect them. The declaration of independence did not actually establish a new system of government, but rather served to dissolve colonial allegiance to great britain. The articles of confederation specified that the united states would be a republic.
