POLS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bicameralism, Sugar Act
26 Jan 2018
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Chapter 2 | the constitution: articles of confederation (1787): 55 delegates from all states except rhode island assembled in philadelphia to consider revising the nation"s constitution. The road to independence: beginning early in the colonial era, britain had ceded to americans responsibility for managing their domestic affairs, including taxation. A legacy of self-governance: benjamin franklin"s drawing depicts the colonies as caught in a classic collective action dilemma. If any colony attempts to free ride, the collective effort will survive no better than a dismembered snake: french and indian war/seven years" war: home rule experienced in britain"s war with. France (1750s: drained britain"s treasury + military resources, ben franklin proposed a "plan of the union" that would have created a national gov. The continental congresses: declaration of american rights: reasserted home rule + endorsement of an agreement to ban all trade w/ britain until it rescinded the taxes, bicameral legislature: 2 chamber.
