as a form of protest against the Stamp Act. After a great amount of violence and rebellion, “the Stamp Act was overturned in 1766.”1 The British attempts to continue the taxation did not diminish, in 1767 a tax was placed on glass, paper, sugar, and tea. This tax was known as the Townshend Acts, along with these acts “parliament increased the military presence in the colonies to try and prevent what happened with the Stamp Act.”1 This act however backfired on the British, the colonist decided to boycott
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Assembly and adding new taxes to imported goods, including tea. He also extended English control over the Judiciary. Overt disobedience, such as the Boston Tea Party, resulted. When the Redcoats fired into a colonial crowd in what became known as the Boston Massacre, open, widespread talk of English oppression and corruption further united the colonies. Jefferson wrote, “By the act for the suppression of riots and tumults in the town of Boston, … , a murder committed there is, if the governor pleases
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the disease got spread in water that they use to wash their teeth and drink. How people thought they were pirates because they had to females with them. I have also been to Mt. Vermin where George Washington lived. The other is Boston Massachusetts. I have been to Boston many times. I am actually going back there for thanksgiving for a wedding. Some of the things I have seen while I have been there are; Plymouth Rock, I have seen the lights were Paul Revere let the towns men know if they were coming
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During the late 1700’s The British government did many things that were unfair towards the colonists. The government forced costly taxes on them and passed many unrightful acts that angered colonists. In response to the taxes and acts, the colonies did lots of things to protest against them. The British went through with various acts to gain more profit from the colonists. Some of these taxes and acts were the stamp act, the Quartering act and the Townshend Acts. The British also made it so that
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concentrated them in the coastal cities, particularly New York. Later on, with passage of the Townshend Act, the focus of resistance shifted north to Boston. Gage sent troops to that city and the situation came to a head with the Boston Massacre. Gage requested a Leave of Absence two years later and returned to England. In that period Gage missed the Boston Tea Party and the outcry in response to the Intolerable Acts. Then, on April 18-19, 1775, Gage ordered 700 men to fight at Lexington and Concorde. Thomas
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Regarding the Boston Massacre in 1770, a mob of colonists, some drunk and some not, surrounded a group of eight British soldiers. A fight broke out, and five colonists died. Many present at that night in the mob claimed that it was murder, how soldiers sent to protect them had killed their people. However, this is not the case. The so called “Boston Massacre” is not a massacre at all, in fact, it was an act of self defense. The soldiers were surrounded by a mob of colonists who were hitting them
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The Columbian exchange started shortly after Christopher Columbus founded the Americas. This was trade between the “new” and “old” worlds, they traded gold, fur, diseases, and many other things. Although this seemed like a great idea in the beginning it killed off a lot of the Indians. When the Europeans came over to America, they brought over disease such as the smallpox, influenza, and measles. The Indians didn’t have any antibiotics to kill off the diseases thus killing most of the population
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John Adams, first Vice-President of the USA George Washington, first President of the USA George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States of America. He served as President from April 30, 1789, until March 4, 1797 (two terms). His Vice-President was John Adams (1735-1826), who was later voted the second President of the USA. Early Life: George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Washington's father died when George was 11 years
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English soldiers were inept at frontier fighting; initial respect for them was lost English disrupted the colonies’ illegal but necessary molasses trade with the French West Indies Writs of assistance (unspecific search warrants) and naval patrols Boston merchants hired James Otis to fight writs of assistance; he lost but revealed that writs of assistance were like slavery Why was revenue needed? o Management and defense of new global possessions o Payment of war debt o Expansion of colonial administration
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Revolutionary War. Revere is also known for his propaganda sketch of Boston Massacre of 1770 that helped rally the colonist behind the Revolution. In the past, he went to North Writing school in his childhood. At age twelve, he learned silversmithing from his father. He moved to Boston at the age of thirteen and was apprenticed to the silversmith, John Coney. He was an early member of the Sons of Liberty and took part in the Boston Tea Party. Revere affected the colonists by making his midnight ride to
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