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    The Stamp Act Of 1765

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    that somehow imposed a direct tax on the early British America. For good ideas and true innovation‚ one may need human interactions which develops to an issue which evolves into a debate. George Greenville‚ the newly proclaimed prime minister in April 1763 spearheaded the task of looking for ways to pay for large armies during peacetime. To raise the taxes in Britain

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    big down fall? The eneroumous cost of a drawn out‚ protected war‚ when Britian was still recovering (economically wise) from the Seven Years War. (The Seven Years’ War was a world war that took place between 1754 and 1763 with the main conflict being in the seven-year period 1756–1763.) The indomnible spirit of the Continental Army and its commander‚ George Washington. Defeated often‚ but

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    The Proclamation of 1763 stated that British colonists must not expand from the colonies westward past the Appalachian mountains. Intending to curb spending after the war and save themselves from another bloody conflict with the French and/or the Indians again‚ the English nationals issues this decree straight from the throne. This‚ as was going to be the theme for the next few decades‚ did not sit well with the colonial Americans. They‚ drifting further and further from being under the relentless

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    American Pageant Chapter 6

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    Chapter Six: The Duel for North America Coureus des bois French- Canadian fur trappers‚ "runners of the woods" Edict of Nantes - Issued in 1598 by the crown of France‚ it granted limited religious freedom to the French Protestants‚ and stopped religious wars between the Protestants and the Catholics. Quebec - Established by France in 1608 (Catholic) with large help of Samuel de Champlain‚ "Father of New France" Tried to convert Indians to Christianity and to save them from the fur trappers

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    Apush

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    The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago-Pangaea “supercontinent” 10 million years ago- Rocky Mountains exist Appalachians exist Continents are separated 2 million years ago- an Ice Age envelopes the planet and the water level lowers 35 000 years ago- the Bering Land Bridge appears animals cross‚ followed by nomadic Asian hunters 10 000 years ago- the Ice Age ends nomadic people create civilization By1492 AD‚ the population grows to 72 million *only 7-10 million

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    The story of America is a long and complicated tale with many different twists and turns like any good story. America has changed a lot since the colonists arrived from Europe. In 1607 to 1763‚ powerful countries started sending colonists over to the America to get materials they could not find in their own countries. Great Britain started to send over to these people to the America and start to colonise along with getting new raw materials. From the very beginning‚ when colonists first started

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    relationship between the two‚ were that the British wanted all the goods to be imported and then taxed the Americans on those goods. Americans wanted everything to be done in the colony and not be imported or shipped over from other colonies. In 1773‚ the Parliament passed the Tea Act‚ which made the price of the company’s tea even with the tax included cheaper than that of smuggled Dutch tea. The tea was imported‚ which was a major problem; it began to take money and jobs away from the Americans

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    Harbor. The men who started the Sons of Liberty were not prominent leaders in the community but regular working men. On the night of the Boston Tea Party‚ there were over five thousand people that met at the Old South Meeting House on December 16‚ 1773. It is amazing to think that the rebellion started with a few regular people and it grew into a huge amount of people- over five thousand. The ships and places where it happened There were three ships involved in the Boston Tea Party. They were

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    She Stoops to Conquer

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    She Stoops to Conquer (1773) Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) Oliver Goldsmith was born into a lower middle class Anglo-Irish family. He worked his way through Trinity College‚ Dublin‚ studied medicine in Edinburgh‚ and toured parts of Europe before taking up a life of writing in London. In 1761‚ he met Samuel Johnson‚ become an important member of his literary circle. He is best known for a comic novel‚ The Vicar of Wakefield‚ a poem about urbanization‚ The Deserted Village‚ and

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    The Seven Years War

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    The Seven Years War "Plutot mourir que faillir"("Rather dying than failing")and "UBIQUE! QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT" "Everywhere! Where Right and Glory Lead." The Seven Years war‚ or the French and Indian war to Americans‚ was arguably the first true world. The Seven years war was a worldwide war fought in Europe‚ North America‚ and India between. It was France‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ Saxony‚ Sweden‚ and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia‚ Great Britain‚ and Hanover on the other (the Americans

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