from the colonists. Then in 1773 a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. This was known as the Boston tea party. The group known as sons of liberty did this in protest of the british government's tea act of 1773. The tea act was passed by british parliaments to save the east india tea company by lowering its
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without it the United States would not exist. Civil disobedience is carved into early United States history, like cave man paintings are to human kind. Another, act of civil disobedience in which that shaped our country very early was the Boston Tea Party. King George forced the stamp act upon the colonies, and the colonies did not wish to pay the tax (to pay fund King George’s wars;) so in this famous historical event (a prime
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The ten amendments to the Constitution, which are referred to as the Bill of Rights were the first rules that helped establish the new founding country. Moreover, these ten laws are based off the idea of a democratic society. Search and Seizure is the fourth amendment created and like the others is still in place today. Passed in September 25th,1789, this amendment as stated “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches, and seizures
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“FIVE DEAD ON KING STREET! BRITISH SOULIDERS ARE MURDERS!” That is just some thing that would be yelled after the Boston Massacre. What is the Boston Massacre you may ask? It was soldiers taking self-defense and ending up as murders. The time is 1770; its still cold out and there is snow on the ground. A group of drunkards are looking for a fight when they see a British solider. They start to throw snow and get rowdy. The British solider hit one of them with the butt of his musket when he started
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Topic 1 The English colonies in North America were an extension of a bigger Atlantic society during the English civil war. This is confirmed by showing the effect that the English Civil war had on the colonies. From the outbreak of the English civil war in 1642 until King Charles 1 was killed in 1649 the political turmoil affected colonies in America in a number of ways. It affected trade and raised the issue of loyalty of the colonies either to the king or to the parliamentarians. The turmoil
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Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea party may just be one of the most controversial things in the 1700’s. First off all, the raided an entire ship just to dump tea. The idea was to get the point across that the colonists didn't want to be messed with when it came to trading goods. In this time, taxation was a huge thing. The amount of money being spent on trading goods with foreign countries was ridiculous and that led to the Boston Tea Party and eventually the Revolutionary War. Therefore, the Boston
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Revolutionary Era DBQ Around 1763, Britain was in immense debt from the 7 Years War (French and Indian War). They were looking for ways to make revenue and they decided that colonists were responsible to help them. Britain started taxing colonists by enacting many different acts until 1776. Colonists did not think very highly of these taxations and believed it was an infringement of their rights to tax them without their consent. Eventually, Colonists became so resistant to British Rule, that the
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War. These taxes included the Townshend Act, passed in 1767, which required the colonists to pay taxes on imported goods such as tea paper, and lead. Other laws, like the Stamp Act, passed in 1765, required colonists to pay tax on printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and magazines. Lastly, the Sugar Act, which raised prices on certain goods such as tea and coffee. As a result, many people in the colonies were angry. They
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Shays’s Rebellion was an armed uprising in the state of Massachusetts, led by American Revolution Captain Daniel Shays, from 1786 to 1787. Approximately 4,000 farmers protested against tax increases, levied by the state to pay off the Revolutionary War debt. The already struggling farmers, who were in debt, demanded that the government provide tax relief. Throughout the state, protestors began shutting down the courts, where their debts were normally collected. The farmers, who rioted against all
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representatives to sign, along side his second cousin, was Samuel Adams. Why is he so important? Adams’ significance to the signing of the declaration can date back to his college days when he wrote a controversial thesis through the Stamp Act and the Tea Act that took place on the road to America’s Independence. Adams started his college career at fourteen when he attended Harvard College in 1736. After he obtained his bachelor's degree, he went on to get his Masters degree in 1743. That year he
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