PSCI-1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Stamp Act Congress, Albany Congress, Hartford Convention
20 Feb 2017
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1750s - french and indian war drains british treasury - albany congress calls for colonial unity. 1760s - stamp act enacted by british parliament - stamp act congress attended by delegates from nine of the thirteen colonies. 1770s - tea act - boston tea party. British adopt coercive acts to punish colonies - 1st continental congress rejects plan of union but adopts. Declaration of american rights denying parliament"s authority over internal colonial affairs. Battles of lexington and concord - 2nd cont. Congress adopts articles of confederation as constitution for new government. 1780s - british defeat americans at camden and charleston. Was not a social revolution but an economic and political one. Articles of confederation power in state govt not national state constitutions largely protected individual rights states gave power to legislatures not executives officers elected for short terms states had sovereign power over national govt.
