Early congresses

By Wendy Conklin

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Constitutional law, Constitutional history, History, United States, Social Science, JUVENILE NONFICTION, United States. Constitutional Convention (1787), General

Description: As Great Britain taxed the colonists without representation, the colonists became angry. Groups of men in the colonies began writing to each other about this unfair treatment. These spirited men became the first congress and led the colonies to declare their independence.