... identify two possible strategies that Thomas Hutchinson or Samuel Adams likely used to develop and improve their thinking as those historical events unfolded prior to taking a stand and acting according to their beliefs. Samuel Adams may have used strategy one: analyzing a single statement for what is means by asking yourself if the statement makes sense and if so responding with a yes or no answer. Adams was not only an extremist but a political writer speaking to issues that directly affected colonies like the Stamp Act and tea distribution from East India. Both of these events affected many colonists in a negative way because the Stamp Act added taxation to certain products, while India tea imports, caused some colonists to lose money from their own tea sells. Adams would have had to ask himself why these acts where just or unjust by analyzing them individually in a literal sense. He publicly came to the conclusion that these acts were unjust because they both caused colonists to lose money and also put a damper on their personal values and liberty. Another strategy he may have used it number 3, which is when something that is presented as factual isn’t and therefore needs an explanation on why it can or can’t be validated. By evaluating and concluding in his writings that colonists should not be taxed without the proper representation to back up this very law. He successfully evaluated this situation for what it was, an illegal...
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...Have you heard of the Boston Tea Party? Well, it was a protest to the taxation of the tea that was being imported into the country. This event happened a little while before The American Revolution. The date was December 16,1773. The Boston Tea Party helped bring together the people. It also was one of the major causes of the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party also made a lot of people think about taxation in a different way. The Boston Tea Party was initiated by the famous Sons of Liberty. They wanted to openly oppose the government. They were furious that they had to now pay a tax for tea, after having to pay for sugar and stamps not long before. The Sons of Liberty met and were thinking about what they should do to show their defiance....
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...Britain both suffered financially, so if this had not happened the | | |over the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. |revolutionary war may have had a different outcome. | | |The sugar act was a revenue raising act passed by the parliament of great |This tax on molasses increased the colonists concerns about the intent of the british | |Sugar Act |Britain, to tax molasses hoping that the tax would actually be collected so the |parliament which helped the movement that became the American revolution. | | |kingdoms revenue would grow. | | | |This was a tax that was made specifically for the colonies of British America, |This was met with resistance in the colonies, the colonies sent no representatives to | |Stamp Act |which made it so that printed material be produced on stamped paper carrying a |parliament, and so they had no influence...
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...Boston Tea Party 4 After Effects 1. Boston Harbor smelled as a result of over 92,000 pounds of tea dumped into the harbor. 2. The news of the Boston Tea Party reached London, England on January 20, 1774, and as a result the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for. 3. The implication and impact of the Boston Tea Party were enormous ultimately leading to the start of the American Revolution which began in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. 4. Many of the Boston Tea Party participants fled Boston immediately after the event to avoid arrest. The Intolerable Acts 4 After Effects 1. American colonists responded with protests and coordinated resistance by convening the First Continental Congress in September and October of 1774 to petition Britain to repeal the Intolerable Acts. 2. The first was the Boston Port Bill and it closed the Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the tea that they threw into the harbor. It went into effect on June 1, 1774. 3. The Administration of Justice Act became effective May 20th and it did not allow British soldiers to be tried in the colonies for any crimes they might commit. This meant the soldiers could do anything they wanted since they would probably not be punished for their crimes. 4. The Massachusetts Government Act which also took effect on May 20, 1774, restricted town meetings to one a year unless the governor approved any more...
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...The Boston Tea Party was a protest made by a political group called the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773, and was a key event leading to the American Revolutionary War. The Tea Party is where the colonists started the violent part of the revolution. It was the first attempt made by the colonists of the “New World” to rebel against the British government, for their freedom and independence. It was there that all the colonists realized that they were being mistreated by the British government and it was an important step leading to the American war of Independence. When the English won the French-and-Indian War (Seven-year War). The king of Britain at the time, King George III passed taxes on the American colonies to make up for...
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...examine the events and issues surrounding the Boston Tea Party. The intention of the research will be to set the overall order of issues that emerged and establish the political context in which the Tea Party would take place, and then to discuss the impact of the incident on the colonies, that would ultimately lead to the Revolutionary War. Understanding the importance of the Boston Tea Party cannot be obtained without an understanding of the issues and events that preceded it. The Party, which occurred in 1773, had its origins several years earlier, in the wake of the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. In 1766, Parliament passed the Quartering Act, which provided for "billeting, provisioning and discipline of British forces, requiring colonial assemblies to provide barracks and supplies such as candles, fuel, vinegar, beer and salt for the regulars, costs of the Army in America at the 'dictate' of Parliament" (Tuchman 167). Further to this point, the Seven Years' War was over; why the need for such a large standing army in America? This first Quartering Act was, however, obeyed in general terms, and even partly rescinded as to enforcement (182), until other Parliamentary measures pointed up colonists' feeling of oppression. By 1767, the Stamp Act had been passed, and then revoked in the face of an American boycott of covered goods. In 1767, the Townshend Acts legalized import duties on "glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea." The stated resolution of these duties...
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...Hewes and the American Revolution In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the city of Boston became a hot bed of colonist rebellion against the British Government. The citizens in Boston, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, had become fed up with unjustified taxation levied against them by the British. The colonists of Boston also saw it to be problematic that the colonies were subject to British rule, but were not represented in Parliament. In the half-decade prior to the Revolutionary War, the city of Boston hosted two monumental events that rallied the colonists into the direction of independence; the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. A man named George Roberts Twelve Hewes had the honor of being able to witness and take direct involvement in both the Massacre and the Tea Party. George Roberts Twelve Hewes was born and raised in Massachusetts and saw the development of the Revolution from the perspective of an “everyday” colonist. He was born on August 25th, 1742. Hewes was a shoemaker by trade and was never able to amount an impressive net worth. If anything, it can be argued that Hewes was very much more poverty stricken than anything else. Money never seemed to influence Hewes’s actions; instead George Roberts Twelve Hewes was a man of principal and integrity. Prior to the Revolutionary War, Hewes participated in both the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party. During the Revolutionary War, Hewes served as a Privateer and a member of the militia for the Thirteen...
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... |both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great | | | |Britain and France, who declared war on each other in 1756 | | | |Act that reduced taxes on molasses and sugar, laid |Money made from the Sugar Act was used to keep British Troops present. | |Sugar Act |taxes on indigo, pimento (allspice), some wines, and coffee, and increased | | | |enforcement of tax collection; signaled the end of the era of salutary neglect | | | |Passed by Parliament in 1765, the Stamp Act mandated the use of stamped paper |Stamp Act was...
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...carrying tea, and unloaded the cargo in to Boston Harbor in protest of the unfair Taxation of the Colonies. This act was one of the sparks that lit a powder keg of American Revolution, and turned thirteen British Colonies in to these United States of America. Three centuries later, an unfair taxation of the American people is being perpetrated by its very own government, and the lessons learned by the Crown and Parliament have been so easily forgotten. It is time to remind our leaders of that lesson, and just like the tea floating in Boston Harbor changed the face of the Thirteen Colonies, the Tea Party Movement will change the face of the United States of America. The Tea Party Movement did not begin with the dumping of heavily taxed tea in to Boston harbor, but on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on February 19, 2009. There was no plan for the Tea Party, it was born out of the resonance of an impromptu rant by CNBC commentator Rick Santilli; a rant against the government bail-out of banks, a rant against irresponsible borrowing policies and the fall of the subprime mortgage market. These government bail-outs were going to cost the tax payers. Just like that, the fuse had been lit, and in an explosion only possible in the information age via Twitter, Facebook and radio , this “New American Tea Party” began to invigorate an entirely new core of Conservative Republicans. Shortly after Rick Santilli’s rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Tea Party...
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...Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament, which the British referred to as the Coercive Acts, with which the British intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade and drawing up a list of rights and grievances; in the end, they petitioned King George III for redress of those grievances. On this day in 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....
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...They felt that Parliament's laws were restricting their freedom. Later, to help raise money for the debts Britain owed from the war, many new taxes were passed. There was the sugar act (tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to America), and the stamp act (law that required all legal and commercial documents to carry and official stamp showing at tax had been paid). This made the colonists feel that their rights were being threatened by Parliament. The colonists would protest these acts by boycotting. They refused to buy any British goods. They hoped that the merchants with declining sales would influence Parliament to repeal the Acts. There idea worked, and they repealed the Stamp Act. However, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act, which stated that Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies. Also, Britain still had to pay off the debts from the war. So, they created more taxes on imports, such as glass, lead, paper, and tea. This sparked more anger within the colonies. They were mad that Parliament had, once again, passed a tax without their consent. Colonists continued to protest and boycott, and eventually the taxes were...
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...of the crown and Britain. Most of the colonists were privately funded with endorsement by the British government. The Idea of colonization was to establish settlements for the purpose of expanding a trade base for economic purposes. Britain colonized North America basically because they had a limited amount of land and natural resources, North America presented a great opportunity to expand their land holdings and create a source for raw materials. Britain still considered the colonists to be British citizens and therefore were expected to abide by rules and laws established by Britain for the colonists. Britain exerted tight control of the colonists through laws and acts that were specifically designed for the benefit of Britain. The needs of Britain were always put first before the needs of the colonists. Acts and taxes were put in place as a means to control trade and make sure that monetary items were received by Britain. The economic cycle was one of Britain obtained raw materials cheaply from the colonies, the goods were finished in England and sold back to the colonists for large profits. The colonies in North America were strictly established for the economic benefit of Britain. Also there was great prestige in this era that came from global expansion. (“British Colonization of the Americas” n.d.) Part A1 The indigenous people of North America reacted initially with skepticism and reluctant acceptance. The acceptance eventually turned into rebellion, skirmishes and...
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...major opinions such as “Lords should no longer try to force more services or other dues from peasants without compensation.” Because its sole purpose is to inform the people - whether it be other peasants or nobility - the articles popularize the opinions of unfairness among the town of Memmingen peasants. In the Articles of the Peasants of Memmingen (Doc 3), the peasants seem as if they are devising a compromise with God?. The article stated that, “We will be obedient to all authority appointed by God in all fair and reasonable matters, and we do not doubt that as Christian lords you will release us from serfdom.” Here, a mixture of economic unfairness are seen from the peasants’ disapproval of being treated as serfs to Martin Luther’s influence as they are following God’s will supposedly. Since both of these documents, 2 and 3, are written by peasant authority, it would be safe to assume that they are merely expressing their thoughts, which can be further articulated as the peasants’ reasons and motivation of the revolt. In Document 4, an open letter expresses the growing protest and is further publicizes the need for one to join it in the name of God. Written presumably by a religious peasant leader, it clearly shows a cause of the Peasants’ Revolt. It was Martin Luther’s perception of God that inspired peasants would “...hammer away on the princes and lords…” (Doc. 4) for. It is to do these reckless actions in the name of God, or more specifically, to follow in his...
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...The amount of taxes and tariffs piled upon the colonists by the British set the precedent for the coming Revolution. While they were considered “just” by British Parliament, it was seen in complete disgust by the colonists on which they were placed. This all led up to the Boston Tea Party, in which men disguised as Mohawk Indians, protested The Tea Act of 1773, requiring colonists to buy only British tea, but it was heftily taxed. Defiantly they boarded British ships and threw their tea overboard, making a point to Parliament that they would not stand for this tax. Angry with this they attempted to gain more control over Massachusetts, but the colonists resisted their efforts. Their refusal to become subordinate to the British shown through...
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...merchants who financed this voyage were excited about the think beaver and sea otter skins the crew brought back. They knew that great wealth could be had by trading with the Indians for fur” (50). The Dutch West India Company knew this area would be a great trading spot, generating a lot of money and settlers. “New Amsterdam grew as a shipping hub,” and in 1660, the Dutch built their first permanent town in New Jersey called Bergen (52). The Dutch had a great influence on New Netherland, because it became one of the most densely populated areas in America that has a big impact on our nation today. Even though it is not thought to be an important state, New Jersey had a significant impact on the Revolutionary War. After the Stamp Act angered the colonies, the British passed the Townshend Act where there was an outrageous tax on tea, which led to the famous Boston Tea Party. However, New Jersey had their own “Tea Party” when they found a British ship hiding tea after the incident Boston, the Greenwich Tea Party. While acts of revolution were all the colonies bonding together, major battles of war and influential people were rising in New Jersey. George Washington was chosen to lead all troops in the colonies. “Washington knew that winning New Jersey would be critical to an American victory. If British General Howe captured New Jersey, the 13 colonies would be cut in two, and two of America’s largest cities, New York and Philadelphia, would be lost” (86). Washington turned...
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