“No taxation without representation.” Boston Tea Party Five Boston colonists, who claimed themselves to be Patriots, taunted Captain Thomas Preston and his troop. He ignored insults thrown at them and commanded the soldiers to go join the other troops. However, when the Patriots threw snowballs at the captain, his rage ignited. Preston murdered one of the patriots and the rest of soldiers followed suite by murdering four more. This horrific event was the Boston Massacre, and when news of this spreaded
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impose many taxation policies to the colonists of America, and after imposing and repealing the Stamp Act, the British attempted numerous more approaches of actions that in turn led to many protests by the colonists, including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. These rebellions where not of how high the taxes were, but that there wasn’t direct representation in the parliament for them. This furthered British suppressions and organizations of the colonial militias called “Loyalists” to move
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Throughout time, people have found ways to improve their way of life by creating and changing laws. Even today, there are reforms made to establish and secure equality throughout the country and world. However, what the majority of the people want may not always be the best option, thus leading to dissent and, eventually, change. This is exactly what happened between the colonists and Great Britain. As the colonists grew, to what Britain considered to be out of control, Parliament tried to limit
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The American Revolution in the eyes of most Americans has to do with “taxation without representation”. This period is known as the “Short Term Imperial Crisis” and lasted from 1762-1775. There were a series of events that led up to the start of the American Revolution starting with the end of the 7 Years War between Britain and France. The British Empire was in severe debt following the victory over France and they wanted to begin taxing the colonists. By taxing the colonists, the British government
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they would vote on solutions. Another example of unification during the road to revolution was the Boston Tea party. The Boston Tea party was a significant event, because it was one of the first times the colonists rebelled as one. When the tea act was passed, many people became belligerent. A tax on tea and other regulations caused this rebellion. So colonists boarded ships and dumped out the tea from the boats and trashed them. This sent a message to Great Britain that the colonists are very angry
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other colonists tried to solve this problem through nonviolent means, such as boycotting British goods. In May 1773, the English Parliament passed the Tea Act which was unfavorable to the colonists. Instead of declaring war, the Bostonians boarded the ships carrying the tea and dumped them into the bay, instigating what is now known as the Boston Tea Party. Throughout the beginnings of this nation, the Founding Fathers showed their patriotism without bearing arms against the crown. Today, a citizen
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The Boston Massacre took place on March 5,1770 on King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. During the Massacre, British soldiers killed five protesting colonists and injured six others. There were also two separate Boston Massacre trials. The first trial, otherwise known as The Trial of Captain Preston, occurred eight months after the incident and lasted for a week. The second trial was for the soldiers and it started on November 27, 1770 and ended on December 14, 1770. (Where is your thesis statement
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In the Propaganda poster number one, it is a poster of the Boston Massacre, in the eyes of Paul Revere a patriot. The poster depicts a line of British soldiers, guns aimed and fired at a group of innocent looking group of protesters, at command of a general behind the line of soldiers. This shows that the poster is trying to make the British look like killers. In the Propaganda poster number two, it is a poster of the Boston Tea Party and it is in the eyes of a patriot. The poster depicts a group
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american history, which would make one wonder how their relations got so bad. There were many events that lead up to this, such as the Proclamation of 1763 and the writs of assistance, But three very important events were the Townshend Acts, the Boston Tea Party and The Intolerable acts. These three events were central causes of the american revolution. The first of the the was the Townshend acts. After the French and Indian War, England was greatly in debt, and tried to tax the colonies, but the needed
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Associate Level Material Appendix B Causes of the Revolution Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-War Event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | | |This was a war against the British colonies, and the royal French forces which |The biggest contribution
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