Reading Guide Questions **Remember: Create a google doc for the answer to these questions! Name it: YourName__Unit2ReadingGuide 1. Describe colonial population growth. What were the most populous colonies? Colonies’ populations were constantly growing due to lots of immigration and people having lots and lots of babies (which was the primary reason). Pop Rank: Virginia Massachusetts Pennsylvania NC Maryland 2. What were the main non-English groups that settled in the colonies? Africans (20%)
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included the Townshend Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Intolerable Acts. In addition to these events, there were groups of people who helped drive the start the Revolution. Two of these groups included the Patriots and the Loyalists. All these pieces of the puzzle contributed in different ways and should all be touched upon when discussing the famous American Revolution. The Townshend Acts, occurring on Nov. 20 1767, put taxes on things such as glass, paper, and even tea. After these developed, the
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The turning points between Great Britain and her North American colonies that the French and Indian War brought on was very apparent on several different stages. First and foremost the French and Indian War made it visible to the colonist the Great Britain was not invincible. Once France was out of the picture of being a major player in North American affairs it was then the Royal Proclamation of 1763 that got the separation jump started between the two. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 forbid colonist
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December 1743 in Boston. I was once married to my first beautiful wife, Sarah Orne, who gave birth to my first eight children. She passed at the birth of my eighth child. A few years later I was remarried to Rachel Walker and had eight aditional children. You heard me right, I have 16 children. I have been involved in many different secret groups. I have been apart of Committee of Correspondence and Sons of Liberty. I have also been a messenger for different groups in Philadelphia and Boston. The story
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There were colonial names such as John Dickinson, Samuel Adams and others. Even the Boston merchants boycotted the English goods. The Massachusetts Assembly discredit the Townshend duties and it commissioned Samuel Adams to draft a “circular letter” to call on all other legislatures to join in with them. Three other colonies approved of
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Revolutionary War, or American Revolution, started in Lexington and Concord in April 1775. The first shot was fired in the middle of a fight between colonists and British soldiers. The fighting started on April 18, 1775 when the British troops marched into Boston, but they were seen and the colonists were alerted and they fought them off for the night. In the chaos of the fight a shot was fired and a colonist was shot and killed. This shot was known as the shot heard around the world. In the time leading up
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put on the colonists, such as taxes, acts, and different battles the colonies had to fight in. Furthermore, even if the king accepted the Olive-Branch Petition the war wouldn’t have been avoided. First, the Sugar-Act, Stamp-Act, Townshend-Act, Tea-Act (4). These taxes were imposed on the colonies. These taxes that the king put on the colonies really show the war would’ve have never been avoided. The Sugar-Act of 1764 lowered the tax on british sugar so the tax would stop smugglers. By doing
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War of Independence or a Revolution? It should be understood that without understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution, one cannot grasp the history of the United State. The American Revolution was the political commotion during the end of the eighteenth century. The thirteen North American colonies united to break free of the British Empire and become a new nation; The United State of America. A revolution can be defined as, the change in power or the
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Cause and Outcome of War 1754-1815 Abstract This paper will compare and contrast the French and Indian War, American Revolution, and the War of 1812. All three wars were fought over land or expansion in one form or another. The French and Indian War was fought because both countries believed they had the right to the Ohio River Valley. This caused Britain to tax the colonist and place restrictions that led to the American Revolution. The American Revolution gave the colonies their freedom from
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colonies, most notably within the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Tariff of 1767, and the Tea Party of 1773, colonist became angered by their lack of representation. Specific, a say in how tax revenue was spent. The taxes collected in America would go to England into the Parliament coffers. They demanded they have the same rights and benefits as those of mainland England. Colonial retaliation led to the Boston Massacre, a violent event when the British opened fire on a group of colonist and to the
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