it. The act was repealed two years later, but he still needed a way to get money, so he proposed to Parliament taxes on tea, sugar, and other daily products. The colonies openly refused to pay the taxes and instead retaliated by having massive protests. One group of colonists even dumped tons of British tea into the Boston Harbor. This action would be known as the Boston Tea Party. King George realized that something had to be done
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that led to the revolution. some of the major events were the Navigation Acts in 1662 as a beginning ,Pontiac's Rebellion with the Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act of 1764 ,the Stamp Act of 1765 ,the declaratory act of 1767 ,Boston Massacre in 1770 ,The Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts which in turn ,broke the colonists last straw. Which brought for the British a not good turn of events. The thing that started it all the Navigation Acts. Paragraph 2 the Navigation ActsThe Navigation
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Thesis: As a result of rising tensions between the thirteen colonies and Brittan, there are many conflicts over money, land, and independence. The French and Indian war had finally ended when the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763. The colonies had finally won the land that they fought so long for. Although the war was over and the colonists had their land, growing conflicts between the American colonies and England remained. The colonists felt as if they weren’t being treated as fairly as they should
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American colonists against the great King George III was the infamous Boston Massacre which killed five colonists on March 5th, 1770. “The British captain, Thomas Preston, and his men were tried for murder, with Robert Treat Paine as prosecutor, John Adams and Josiah Quincy as lawyers of the defense. Preston and six of his men were acquitted; two others were found guilty of manslaughter, punished, and discharged from the army.”(Boston Massacre Historical
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However, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act, which stated that Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies. Also, Britain still had to pay off the debts from the war. So, they created more taxes on imports, such as glass, lead, paper, and tea. This sparked more anger within the colonies. They were mad that Parliament had, once again, passed a tax without their consent. Colonists continued to protest and boycott, and eventually the taxes were
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Natalia Reyes Ms. Perla Braccio US History October 6, 2017 The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a document written by Thomas Jefferson, in which the thirteen American colonies state that they are a new nation, independent from Great Britain. It was adopted by the Continental Congress the 4th of July of 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of an introduction, a statement of what a government should be, a list of complaints about King George III, and a conclusion
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Thomas Hutchinson, (born September 9, 1711, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died June 3, 1780, London, England), royal governor of the British North American Province of Massachusetts Bay (1771–74) whose stringent measures helped precipitate colonial unrest and eventually the American Revolution(1775–83). The son of a wealthy merchant, Hutchinson devoted himself to business ventures before beginning his public career (1737) as a member of the Boston Board of Selectmen and then the General Court (legislature)
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The American Revolution is best described, with a parallel to the Gettysburg Address given many years later, as a revolution of the people, by the people. This social revolution took place in response to the neglect shown toward the American colonies by the British government. Many final decisions were made and imposed upon the colonists without taking their opinions into account. The slogan of the time, “no taxation without representation”, was indicative of the colonist’s feelings toward these
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ferried back and forth before the war. The English felt that the colonies hadn’t done their part to fight the war, and now should pay back the Motherland for the protection it provided (Davidson, 101). Parliament passed the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts into law, each of them a way to tax the colonists and pay them back for their defense during the
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One of the more recognized events of the American Revolution, the Boston Massacre, gained immense support for the American cause. A protest organized by the Sons of Liberty against the Townshend act was a precursor of the massacre. Many colonists banded up against a British sentry who was trying to enforce the customs
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