Then, after the Boston Massacre, the relationship between the British soldiers and the colonists deteriorated greatly. In March 1770 a fight erupted in the street, and the soldiers killed three colonists and wounded eight. Another influential event was when the Tea Act was passed in 1773. The purpose of this act was to aid the financially struggling East India Company, a crucial component of the British economy. This allowed the company to ship their tea directly to the American colonies
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Revolutionary War, but the numerous Acts passed by the Parliament was the hugest factor that made American Revolution inevitable. Without a doubt, the Stamp Act easily angered the colonists because they were forced to pay tax. Even worse, after the Boston Tea Party incident, the Intolerable Act was passed to force the colonists to pay even more. They knew this must not continue and it is time to revolutionize. After all, the Acts were the biggest deterioration that contributed to the American Revolution
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Alexander Hamilton: (1755–1804) the founder of the nation's financial system, and the founder of the Federalist Party. Hamilton took the lead in the funding of the states' debts by the Federal government, the establishment of a national bank, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain. Anti-Federalists: who favored a more decentralized federal system. Articles of Confederation: postwar economic conditions were difficult because British markets were closed to the new nation
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The Stamp Act began to tax the American colonies to alleviate the debt of the French and Indian War. However, it sparked anger in the colonies who began to form angry mobs. Riots began to break out and they headed for the stamp officials who were responsible for enforcing the act. The colonials threatened tax collectors, destroying the homes of Thomas Hutchinson and Andrew Oliver. Hutcherson’s recall on the Stamp Act reveals the violent measures that the colonists took as a means of protest. Hutcherson
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In his pamphlet, Thomas Paine stated,”I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature which no art can overturn,” (Paine 3) This is exactly what the Colonists of the 13 colonies did. Of course not everyone loves their country so much but the colonists set aside their petty disputes with each other and decided to work together to stop the British tyranny.The Second Continental Congress including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock,etc. declared their independence
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Boston Massacre On March 5, 1770, an extremely noisy and violent crowd began throwing rocks and balls of ice at British troops guarding the Boston Customs House. “Come on, fire if you dare, you bloody backs” shouted the crowd. Some Patriot leaders tried to persuade the crowd to go home. So did the leader of the troops, Captain Thomas Preston. But it had no effect on the mob. As the mob pressed on towards the soldiers and knocked one to the ground, they started to fire out of fear. Two bullets
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the colonist refused to purchase English goods that they felt were being unfairly taxed. Some of these goods included printed-paper, tea, and clothes. One of the most famous protests was the Boston Tea Party. At the Boston Tea Party colonist, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped English Tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the high tax that had been placed on tea. Because of this, King George III closed
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The Declaration of independence came after the American Revolution. One of the events that lead to the declaration of independence was that the colonies were being taxed without representation. People felt that they were being oppressed and that they had no word against the British Parliament, the Parliament was taxing them in almost everything. That is why people wanted to break apart from Britain and become independent. I all started with the Stamp Act, this act consisted on paying a tax in every
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repealed the Stamp Act the same year. In June of 1767 the English parliament passes the Townsend Acts, which placed a new set of taxes of american colonies. Taxing things such as everyday goods like paper an tea. These taxes lead to many colonist boycotting British goods. Following the Boston massacre,
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things that altered Americans’ perceptions of Britain during the years 1763 to 1775. Samuel Adams was one of them; he was an organizer of Boston’s Sons of Liberty. Samuel Adams organized Boston’s opposition to the Tea Act, which led to the Boston Tea Party, and also devised of the Boston Committee of Correspondence throughout Massachusetts. The committees provided leadership and promoted cooperation. By 1773, several colonies had created committees, which helped build colonial unity. He later worked
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