Charts for use in HST 517 & 519

Opposition Rhetoric Escalation
This chart describes the escalation of colonial opposition rhetoric from opposition to the Stamp Act in 1765 to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. 

Central and Provincial Government Systems
This chart describes generally the three kinds of federal government America has had from the old British imperial system to American nationalism.  America moved from 1) the old British imperial system to 2) Congress during the Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation, to 3) the U. S. Constitution. Along the way there were two attempts at having a central government that could intervene in the internal matters of provinces (colonies or states), Parliament's Stamp Act (and Declaratory Act) and the Virginia Plan in the Philadelphia Convention.

Constitutional Compromise
This chart compares the Articles of Confederation and the Virginia Plan and describes how the two were mixed, in compromises, especially the Great Compromise, in the Philadelphia Convention, to make up the Constitution.