JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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to ask King George to respect the colonists’ rights as British citizens.
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to declare the colonies’ independence from Britain.
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to declare war on Britain.
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to pass laws concerning the colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On October 25, 1774, the First Continental Congress sends a respectful petition to King George III to inform his majesty that if it had not been for the acts of oppression forced upon the colonies by the British Parliament, the American people would be standing behind British rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -Forging unity: the First Continental Congress The purpose of the Congress was to show support for Boston and to work out a unified approach to the British. On October 14, 1774, the First Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Colonial Rights and Grievances.
Detailed explanation-3: -For the duration of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress served as a provisional, or temporary, government of the American colonies. The Congress drafted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, which went into effect in 1781.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts. The King’s rejection of the Petition, was one of the causes of the later United States Declaration of Independence and American Revolutionary War.