Boston Tea Party, 1773. In the contest between British Parliament and the American colonists before the Revolution, Parliament, when repealing the Townshend Acts, had retained the tea tax, partly as a symbol of its right to tax the colonies, partly to aid the financially embarrassed East India Company. (Boston Tea Party, 2016) …show more content…
Moreover, during this time the colonists formed the Continental Congress that had two delegates from each colony. This eventually was the beginning of the freedom from the king and British rule, which on comes by blood and war.
Furthermore, on May 25, 1787, the colonists understanding that there was an urgent need to unity, they gather at the Constitutional Convention. The reason for the meeting of the minds was to mend the existing Article of Confederation, known as America’s first governing document. The Article of Confederation was known as America’s first Constitution that was ratified in 1781, each state acting as an independent country.
The Articles of Confederation, usually neglected by those studying the American founding, formed an important part of the background to the 1787 Constitution. The Articles functioned as the first national constitution of the United States and, as such, reflected American political theory as it emerged during the Revolution. (Lutz,