| |Townshend Acts |The act imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imports into the |Caused rebellion and riots on both sides of the atlantic. | | |colonies. | | |Tea Act |Theacts main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail
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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
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In 1774, King George The Third, shut down the Boston harbor until all the taxes from the Boston Tea Party were payed for. The amount of tea was almost 1,000 pounds. This was one reason people began to revolt which caused the Lexington and Concord battle. On April 18th 1774, a man name Joseph Warren realized that the redcoats (British) were coming to travel through Concord. He sent Paul Revere and William Dawes out to warn other colonists of Concord that it might be too dangerous for them there because
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parliament. This event lead to the Boston Tea Party in December 6,1773 where Boston colonists dressed as Indians threw chests of taxed tea into the harbor to protest British taxes on tea. During the American Revolution, there were also some battles involved
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and sending troops to colonies. Because of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, Britain punished the colonies by closing the Boston Harbor, restricting town meetings, making the colonies provide housing and supplies for troops and letting soldiers do what they want without being punished. Closing the Harbor made it hard for ships to import and export goods to Britain and the merchants were terrified of economic disasters. The people had to pay for all the tea they dumped into the harbor. The executive and
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the American Revolution. The start of the Sons of Liberty is something of a mystery. The group always met in secret and it is disputed where it all began. Some say it started in New York and some will say under the leadership of Samuel Adams the Boston chapter was first. One thing is certain though, they all had the same goal, to organize public opinion and coordinate patriotic actions against Great Britain. The Sons of Liberty met at night so not to attract the British soldiers and to keep their
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different region. An example of diffusion is present in a very popular beverage available worldwide, tea. The origin of tea dates back to the first century in China. Tea was used for its medicinal purposes for various ailments from stomachaches to eyesight. Tea spread to Japan when Japanese priests studying in China took tea back to Japan. As trade with merchants from Turkey and Mongolia increased, tea became a popular item for export. Foreign traders, missionaries, and
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with the nonviolent movements. Furthermore, initial peaceful protests have the capability to prove effective when evoking change. Finally, the uplifting of individuals through grassroots movements have invoked passion and activism in once neutral parties. Civil disobedience has been a classic, timeless medium that has changed the course of this nation to progress into the highest-standing free society in the world, and is absolutely necessary in the continuation of advancing the causes of American
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The Revolutionary War The Patriots are the people who wanted American colonies to be free from Britain. The Loyalists are people who stayed British citizens. As well, I feel if I was in the Revolutionary War I would choose to be on the Patriots side. Not only did the British have no right to tax the Patriots but they took away their right. The war gave Great Britain a huge local gather in North America, however disagreements about paying the war costs and eventually
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If you led the American revolution, what would you do about the government you're trying to overthrow? America’s separation from Britain was not the best of ideas. America had no right to overthrow the government and may have lost more than they won. The new colonies lost a lot of men and a lot of money in their efforts to break away from Britain. Government protection from other aggressive countries was lost along with its financial benefits. A lot of today’s problems also existed when the revolutionary
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