The American dream is the every United States citizen should have the opportunity to be successful and to achieve prosperity through adamantine work, determination, and initiative. In the Wordle, the three words that stood out to me were the following: Diversity Education Rights These words stood out to me because of the meaning behind each word and how it affects the vision of the American dream. Diversity means everything is different and that there is a mix or a variety. Diversity was never an
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As tensions between the New England colonists and the British rumors of violent protests spread rampant. As the tension increased the Boston massacre occurred, becoming one of the many catalysts that started the American Revolution. As a result of the French and Indian war, the British economy began to decline. In an attempt to remedy this economic downfall, the English parliament implemented the stamp tax laws onto the American colonies. This tax was short lived; however, in its place came the
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refused to consume any British imports due to their boycott, but the ship owner insisted. The colonists however took this opportunity to take action. A gathering of colonists dressed up as the indigenous people of the land, dumped the tea into the harbor, and terrorized the ship owner. In response to these events, delegates from the colonies such as, George Washington and Patrick Henry from Virginia, Samuel Adams from Massachusetts, and John Jay of New York met in Philadelphia in 1774
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The British taxing the colonist following the end of the French and Indian war convinced Americans that the English constitution was corrupt. Many things led to the colonist to believe they were underneath the rule of a Robinarch, King Gorge III. Colonist believed they were being watched and taxed for things they did not need to be. Especially, since they were being taxed without representation. The colonist also felt as if they never received the assistance needed during the French and Indian wars
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Revolution over several decades. More than a few decades of being taxed, but receiving no representation in the British Parliament began to irritate citizens of the newly founded America. Some of the most prominent events were the French and Indian War, Tea Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act and Coercive Acts. These events eventually sparked the American Revolution when the Colonial people decided they wanted to be free of British ruling (Brinkley, 2007). French and Indian War What motivated the
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The Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre played a big role during the 1770’s by serving as an anti-British propaganda to enrage citizens and have the responsibility to eventually rise up and start the Revolutionary War. Citizens knew that they had the right to be free, but were growing angry because the British Parliament were raising taxes and placing taxes on them for more things. Without the Boston Massacre tensions leading up to war, and our freedom may not have happened at all. Since 1765
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A Look at the Loyalist Cause When many Americans think of the Loyalist or Tory cause, the stereotypes of a prim and proper aristocrat with a British accent and a tarred-and feathered tax collector quickly surface. When examining the views and motivations of over two-and-a-half-million people living in the Thirteen Colonies during the Revolution, hardly any views were uniform. Even supporters of a major faction such as the Loyalists had a diverse array of misgivings about the rebellion against the
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It is hard to imagine that at one point the thirteen American colonies were much different than they are widely known today. On page 136 of American Horizons, the authors describe that it was not until after the English Civil War that British America truly began to take shape as the thirteen colonies. The civil war pressured the colonists to diversify labor which shaped the colonies into three distinct groups, New England, Middle, and Southern. These colonies were characterized by their major crops
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“Give me liberty or give me death”. This was a quote by Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry said this because when he was talking to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He told them that because he wanted liberty and if he couldn’t have liberty then he wanted him and his family to have death. He was part of the Sons of liberty. The Sons of Liberty set an example for the rest of the world by defeating the strongest and wealthiest country in the world, they would rather die than be part of England, they wanted
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Although many historians believe the Boston Massacre was murder, it is clear that it was an act of self-defense on the part of the soldiers. First, many believe that the colonists were unarmed but in fact some colonists carried cordwood sticks and other weapons. One colonist carrying a stick came from the crowd and hit a soldier. According to Andrew, Oliver's Wendell's servant's, testimony; he hit the soldier in the face and yelled to the crowd, "Kill the dogs! Knock them over!" Edward Garrick, another
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