Britain for their freedom. Although the British and Colonist are both faulty in their actions against each other, the colonist deserved their freedom. The colonist proved their need to be independent through the Bloody Massacre, the Quartering Act, the Tea Act, the Stamp Act, and finally the Intolerable Acts.These Acts proved that the colonist earned their right to go to war because they were ruled unfairly by Britain. The Stamp Act acted like the first domino to fall in making the colonist realize
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in the First Continental Congress were George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Before the First Continental Congress, the Boston Tea Party happened in 1773. The Boston Tea Party was an act of anger because of the unreasonably high taxes on the tea that king George shipped over to the 13 colonies. In result, the colonists shipped back to Britain and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. The colonists received consequences from the King which were called The Intolerable Act. This Act included
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University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes 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 | | |French and Indian war was a conflict between Great Britain and France that
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1775 as compared to the expansion that existed after the Louisiana Purchase. The years of 1750 to 1775 were full of expansion and prospering. People were moving to the United States of America looking for religious freedom and to get out from under the thumb of George III, the British King, in 1607. By the 1770’s American’s were calling for their freedom. The Native American populations didn’t make it any easier to take over the land they wanted. Although some were peaceful and showed the new comers
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British rule unjustifiably taxed the Bostonians tea to a ridiculous price and attempts were made to solve this issue using politics within the British Government. However as the latter says “No Representation” Their voice wasn't heard by the British because their system of government did not allow colony
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When America’s think of the time from the earliest settlements to America’s freedom from Great Britain, New Jersey does not seem to have an important role. However, this tiny but mighty state has played a very important role in America’s history. Starting from the earliest settlements, to the Revolutionary War, the writing of the U.S Constitution and early transportation inventions, New Jersey has a history rooted deep into the making and progression of this country. Countries that claimed new
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Born: Samuel Adams was born on September 27, 1722 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died: He died on October 2, 1803. Interesting Fact: Before he became fully invested in the Revolutionist cause, Adams attended Harvard to study law; however, after graduating, he attempted to become a brewer and later a newspaper publisher. After failing at both potential careers, he returned to his main course of study, law, realizing that local politics was his forte. Three Major Events in US History that took place during
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of 1765, Charles Townshend, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, the government department responsible for collecting taxes, passed the Townshend Acts, which imposed duties on tea, glass, paper, and tobacco, but most importantly imposed a customs board, undermining colonists’ self-rule. Organized boycotts led to the Boston Massacre, which led to the repeal of all the duties imposed by the Townshend Acts, except for
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protests such as the Boston Tea Party occurred. It is easy to see why the colonists thought that taxes were unfair. However, some people believed that American colonists paid fair taxes since the government supported and
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exceptional silversmith who owned his own silver shop. Johnny at one point goes to Revere for assistance in a sugar container he is recreating for Paul Revere. Described at one point in novel as participating in the Boston Tea party, Paul Revere was a member of the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Observers. He participated several key events in the beginnings of the American Revolutionary War. Paul Revere is occasionally mentioned in the novel but, nonetheless was a hero of the Revolutionary War. A prodigious
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