United States History 1754-1800

End of Seven Years War along with the French and Indian War

Forced the people in the colonies to let British soldiers stay in their homes

Forced colonies to print on "stamped" paper made in London

Got rid of the New York assembly and added new taxes on goods that were brought in from Britain

The response of the British government for the acts of the Massachusetts colony with the Boston tea party

Rebellion in protest of the weakness/ineffectiveness of the Articles of the Confederation

This is what decided how our bicameral legislature would be set up. A couple of things included in the compromise included the 3/5s things with slaves in the south. Another included the senate being two from each state, and the house being based off of population.

This established the supreme court made up of six judges, one chief justice and five associate judges.