started to become imperialistic by taxing the colonies‚ which led to rebellious and violent acts. “Attempts by the British government to raise revenue by taxing the colonies (notably the Stamp Act of 1765‚ the Townshend Tariffs of 1767 and the Tea Act of 1773) met with heated protest among many colonists‚ who resented their lack of representation in Parliament and demanded the same rights as other British subjects” (History.com). With these high taxes the colonist no longer wanted to be under control of
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The subsequent Murder Trial results had high emotions and results for both sides. Preston and his men were free from criminal charge. The Interrupted Tea Party December 6 ‚1773 A group of colonist from Massachusetts dressed up as Indians dumped over 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. It was a protest for the Tea Act of 1773 a act that placed a monopoly on Tea. The protest was organized by Samuel Adams with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty the group that he also organized. The Coercive
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Classical Opera THE question of what sort of music should be employed in opera is a fundamental one‚ and has given rise to more controversies‚ heart-burnings‚ and recriminations than any other matter‚ since it lies at the root of all differences between schools or individuals. In the earliest times‚ we find a declamatory style; in the works of the Venetians‚ melody asserts itself; with Scarlatti‚ musical learning is pressed into service; in the epoch of Handel‚ a conventional form dominates the
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In 1763‚ a worldwide imperial conflict called the Seven Year’s War ended in resounding victory for the British Empire‚ which smashed its European rivals to emerge from the conflict as one of the largest and most powerful empires in world history. During the war the British and Americans became a unifying force standing side by side‚ but short while later they were the ones in conflict with one another. England was left with an even larger debt‚ from the French and Indian War‚ than what they had started
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Even with both the English and the Americans willing to compromise and make deals‚ it would have been very hard to prevent the War for independence. The American enlightenment‚ however‚ could have been stopped. A large majority of Americans wanted independence from England mainly because of the way they were being ruled. Of the Americans that wanted to break away were from many backgrounds‚ they came from all over the social ladder and from all over the world. If they didn’t all come together to
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Valley. They won this land during the French and Indian War. (Doc A) They were beginning to settle on this land‚ which was Indian land. The Indians organized themselves and began Pontiac’s War. This was one of the things that led to the Proclamation of 1763‚ which led to tension between the colonists
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group of Patriots led by Samuel Adams called “The Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty was made of males from all occupation. Famous Boston Patriots who were members of the Sons of Liberty‚ including John Adams‚ john hancock‚ Paul Rivera. In 1773 parliament passed the “Tea Act” which would tax only tea‚ this would help make the British trading company
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population decreased‚ it deprived the Indians from their most powerful weapon-the ability to have the rival Europeans against one another. This lead to the Pontiac’s uprising in 1763‚ which killed some two thousand soldiers and settlers heading west past the Appalachians. After the uprising‚ the British created the Proclamation of 1763. It would prohibit settlement beyond the Appalachians‚ and was meant to protect the eastern colonies from another uprising as the Pontiac uprising‚ and would work out the
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migrated to the New World were farmers‚ land and its value was of dire importance to the people of the late-1700s. With the numbers reading that the richest 40% of the population held at least 90% of the land in 1773‚ it seems as if democracy was short on this end of the stick. Between 1756 and 1773‚ the number of landless people nearly doubled. And as time passed‚ there was less terrain to be
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developed a vast network of rivers and a supply chain to support interior trade far away from the main settlement. This exploration of the interior was further necessitated by the declining stocks of beaver. This first period of competition ended in 1763‚ when the French gave over their North American land to the English. The next period that followed saw Montreal based trapping firms grow and merge until a powerful company known as the North West Company emerged. Through the incentives the North West
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