Albany Plan was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. It was proposed by Benjamin Franklin whose desire was to create a unified nation, for the people of America. He realized the chaos of a non official government system and proposed that they establish a presidential position, who was paid by the king, as well as a grand council, which he said would be elected by the assemblies of the colonies. However, this plan was not approved as the French and Indian war had already begun.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and was the representative of Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Benjamin, was the one who suggested the Albany plan, which would provide a more unified
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After the repealing of the Townshend Acts, a group of people called The Liberty boys as well as others, began throwing rocks and snowballs at the British sentries. Quickly Captain Thomas Preston of the British regiment rounded up some of his men in front of the building to protect it. through all of this, British soldiers fired killing five people in the crowd, and one soldier was knocked down. This became known as the Boston Massacre which served as a symbol of the brutality of the British. while many people portray this event as a planned assault, it was proved to be otherwise.
Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. To show the strong opposition of the Tea Act, three companies containing fifty men each came through the streets in disguise dressed as Native Indians so as to prevent official interference. The men then went on to three different ships and broke open the chest containing tea, throwing them overboard, and into the sea. As the news of this event spread throughout the colonies, several groups began to perform the same act, and this became known as the Boston Tea
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In Mississippi, plantations arose similar to those in the southern colonies in that black slaves provided the labor and were owned by the Creoles. In 1718, New Orleans was one of the largest cities that contained these situations of colored people in the possession of whites, being that it was owned by the French.
Currency Act was any of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. Being that paper money was often used as A method of payment practiced widespread during the war, colonial assemblies required the issuing of paper money to stop. The government also specified that the paper money already in circulation, was to be put to an end. This was followed by the taxing of paper called the Stamp Act, which reiterated the idea of eliminating, or minimizing the use of paper.
Daughters of Liberty consisted of women who displayed their patriotism by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts. After the Tea Act was passed, women banded together to write and perform plays that exemplified the resentment of the colonies, while proving the prominent roles and necessity of women in resistance activities. They also proved that they would rather heart with tea, then with their freedom. Best provoke women to think of alternatives to tea textiles and other commodities such as
During the Continental Convention Madison introduced The Virginia Plan. The Virginia Plan embodied his principal proposals, including a legislature of two houses with differing terms of office and with representation favoring the large states. He wanted the national government clothed "with positive and compleat authority in all cases which require uniformity. " The upper house of the legislature was to have a veto on the state legislation, and he proposed a national executive. The new government would have the power to enforce its laws.
The Virginia Plan was a plan created by James Madison that advocated for a more improved, stronger national government for the United States. It proposed a government that would create better unity between states, a stable economy that would be able to regulate state and international trade, and a better stance on state representation. There were many advantages that the Virginia Plan had over the New Jersy plan even when taking into account the Virginia Plans flaws. These flaws being the possible tyranny that could be caused by larger states and smaller states. However, the good often outweighs the bad.
Madison’s national veto also weakened the Virginia Plan, since the national government’s supreme judgment could only cause resentment by local authorities grappling with purely local issues. To counteract Madison’s bold proposal, delegates from the smaller states, headed by New Jersey’s William Paterson, offered a competing plan, the New Jersey Plan. To its credit, the New Jersey Plan amended the Articles of Confederation by adding a plural executive and a judiciary appointed by the executive branch. The New Jersey Plan proposed proportional representation in both houses of Congress to protect the smaller states. Although the addition of an executive would have strengthened the existing confederation, it resulted in a weak plural head of state. Furthermore, since the New Jersey Plan merely amended the Articles, and since the Articles had never been amended given the necessity of a unanimous vote by all of the states, the Plan was almost certainly doomed to
In 1773 parliament passed the tea act in which the British pay less for tax to ship places. This made the prices of tea lower from Britain. Since Boston's tea would be more expensive nobody would buy it from them. The tea act was just another problem adding up between the colonists and britain. This made the colonists want to be independent from Britain. The colonists decided to rebel and dumb three hundred and forty two chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The act was given the name the Boston Tea Party. Most of the British thought of the Boston Tea Party as an act of terrorism. Really the Boston Tea Party was just another step to independence for the colonists.
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts on December 16, 1773. The citizens of the colonies felt cheated due to the lack of representation in Parliament which caused unfair taxes colonists could not do anything about. In their opinion, they were British citizens as well and deserved the same rights given to those back in the mother country and to not have “virtual representation” where members of Parliament were chosen to speak for those across the sea instead of an election to decide who holds their seat in office. Therefore, when a shipment of highly overpriced tea, due to taxes, docked at the harbor, the Sons of Liberty paraded in dressed as American Indians and in a matter of three hours
During the constitutional convention, two plans were proposed to solve the problem of state representation in the government. The first of the two plans was the Virginia Plan, proposed by James Madison and the second being the New Jersey Plan, proposed by William Patterson. Both plans consisted of three branches of government, executive, legislative, and judiciary. however, the New Jersey Plan allowed for multiple executives. Additionally, the Virginia Plan had a bicameral legislature, both houses based on state's’ population or its wealth. The New Jersey Plan, on the other hand, has a unicameral legislature, with its single house giving a single vote to each state
The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773. The sons of liberty boarded 3 ships and dumped tea into the Boston harbor. They did this because of the British oppression. The British said they would have to pay all the tea off or the harbor will be closed.
Virginia plan was the first and large plan drafted by James Madison and presented by Edmund Randolph to the Constitutional
Since King George taxed tea in the Townshend Act and the Tea Act all the colonists rebelled. As you know the tea act taxed tea twice. In response the Sons of Liberty dressed up as American Indians and painted there faces so none of the British recognized them, because at this time Sam Adams wad a warrant out for his arrest and he was a much wanted man. They went onto the ships late one night and dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. This caused the water to change a different color which it is currently still. This rebellion was known as the Boston Tea Party, and everyone still knows about it
Benjamin Franklin presented the “Albany Plan” in an effort to help the colonies win the war. This plan suggested the unification of the colonies.
On March 5, 1770 two crowds form, the citizens of Boston, Massachusetts and the British troops stationed there. Conflict breaks out and the troops fire at the unarmed citizens several were dead and wounded (document 4). Three years pass by and another event takes place, The Boston Tea Party. Divided into three parties for the three ships docked at Griffin's Wharf . All of the ships contained tea that was going to be sold to the colonist with tax.
Delegates feared that the national government would have too much power over the states. William Paterson came up with the New Jersey Plan. The Plan proposed for changes in the Articles of Confederation that would let Congress regulate trade and tax imports, but would maintain state power. The New Jersey Plan proposed a single legislature, a government that relied on the authority of the state governments, more than one executive and one vote of legislation for each state. The plan allowed each state to keep its independence. The plan did not stop the states from violating foreign treaties, or from entering into treaties, or wars. James Madison was against the New Jersey Plan. Madison insisted that the New Jersey Plan did not improve any of the flaws of the Articles of Confederation. The Virginia Plan was finally approved as the plan to be used to construct the new government. The approval of the Virginia Plan meant that the delegates were now committed to creating a new
The men worked in sworn secrecy so that way they'd have the freedom to explore multiple solutions. The first plan to be presented was the Virginia Plan (remembered as the larger state plan), by James Madison. His plan introduced a three-branch structured government made up of a strong executive, judiciary, and two-chamber legislature. Madison's theory proposed the government would operate forwardly on the people, not the states. The smaller state plan (known most notably by the New Jersey Plan), presented by New Jersey delegates, still kept the confederation-feel that was originally given in 1777; still keeping a single house congress, and created a multiple-person-presidency that would be directly elected by congress. It presented congress with taxation rights, and a more forceful grip on the state
The Tea Act of 1773 was a tax on tea but, the British lowered the cost of tea significantly enough that even with the tax, British tea was cheaper than Dutch tea. Also to keep the price down, the British East India Co. got rid of the middleman in the colonies and opened up their own shops. If the colonists bought this tea, they would be accepting the fact that the British could tax without representation. On Dec. 16th 1773 the ships docked at the Boston ports. The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 324 chests of tea into the water. England responded to the Boston Tea Party by the Coercive Act of 1774.