Picture being in situation where you can’t choose how you live your life, what taxes you have to pay, and all the laws you have to following That is what the colonists had to deal with when they were ruled by Great Britain. The colonists had laws and taxes placed upon them without any say in it. The colonists had no representatives in the British parliament, and this led most of the colonists to find the way the British were ruling was unfair. The angry colonists soon retaliated, and it slowly led
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wanted to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. After they captured them two people they went to Concord to get gun powder. Americans somehow found out about that plan and spread the word. There were two light near the church in North Boston that said the Boston were attacking from sea. Paul Revere went on a horse to warn the people the British were coming. The minutemen fought inspired many Patriot's to take weapons from the British. The British had a surprise victory. Lexington fought the British
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lead, molasses, tea and others. The tax charges effected the merchant class by cutting into the excess profit and effected the poor heavily because they could barley afford to live aside from payments of tax. Colonist tried to rebel by not paying for tax on printed materials and made the Stamp Act, the taxation of printed materials a failed tax act. The Boston Tea Party, however wasn’t quit the success as The Stamp Act. The Sons of Liberty dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston port and their rebellious
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business. In the 1760s, John won two consecutive political positions, managing Boston trade at first and then moving up to the colonial legislature. During this time the colonies and the British were arguing about parliamentary taxes, restrictions and rules. Hancock became extremely involved in
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business. In the 1760s, John won two consecutive political positions, managing Boston trade at first and then moving up to the colonial legislature. During this time the colonies and the British were arguing about parliamentary taxes, restrictions and rules. Hancock became extremely involved in
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“ The American revolution did not begin with the ‘shot heard round the world.” It started when tens of thousands of angry patriot militiamen ganged up on unarmed officials and overthrew British authority throughout all of Massachusetts outside Boston.”(Ray Raphael p. 69) Before we begin to understand the battles of the Revolutionary War we must first look into some of the causes. One main cause happened more than two-hundred years before anyone even thought of an independant America, that was
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The American, French, and the Haitian revolutions, which ranged from 1750 to 1914, can all be traced back to the same origins, the enlightenment thinkers. The ideas of natural rights, a social contract between the government and the people, separation of powers, checks and balances, and maybe the most important idea of them all, revolution all came from thinkers such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacque. But, although they might’ve had the same beginning that
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Have you ever wondered about the past of Lewis and Clark from long ago? Have you ever wondered why Native Americans moved into the West in the first place? Well instead of asking so many questions about it. why not read about the Westward Expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Thomas Jefferson, and the Continental Railroad . Lewis And Clark Expedition The rocky mountains made it harder on them Because they did not have rock climbing gear . which made it dangerous they had to
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Parliament was persuaded to tax lead, paint, paper, glass, and tea imported from Britain by the Americans. The revenue generated from this taxation was utilized to pay the salaries of royal official in the colonies, which led them to depend less on coming into compromise with American Legislators. On top of this, the
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