("Annenberg Learner‚" 2013) The taxes that the crown would try to implement on the colonists would be the root cause for the revolution. The first tax on molasses was met with little opposition but the Stamp Act of 1763 brought a backlash that Great Britain did not foresee. Taxes in Great Britain were considered a gift from the people and were given with their consent. The colonist had no representation in parliament and believed that the taxation without representation
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Have you ever wondered‚” what it was like during the Revolutionary War. A lot of events occurred during the War. These are the following events: Navigation Act:1660‚ French and Indian War: 1754-1763‚ Pontiacs Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763‚ Sugar Act: 1765‚ Stamp Act: 1765‚ Declaratory Act: 1776‚ Townsend Act: 1767‚ Boston Massacre: 1770‚ Boston Tea Party: 1773‚ Intolerable Act: 1774. Each of these play an important role in the Revolutionary War. During times like these what do you think?
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sources: The American Revolution was a conflict between England and the thirteen colonies of America. During the conflict‚ the Americans fought for certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. On July 4‚ 1776 the Declaration of Independence was officially appears in the Journals of the Continental Congress. The founding fathers wrote it with the end to declare independence from England and prove that they wanted liberty‚ showing they were willing to fight
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interesting aspect was that the British colonies in North America were at first very loyal to the United Kingdom‚ but in a period of 10 or 15 years they became so dissatisfied that they demanded complete independence. After the defeat of France in 1763‚ the United Kingdom gained the entire French empire in North America. At this time‚ the British colonists in North America were very loyal to their mother country. However‚ distance and time caused the colonists to evolve differently from British subjects
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taxes on property increased which also contributed to the poorer people not being able to purchase land. This economic inequality and unequal land distribution conveyed in both document C and D‚ doesn’t support democracy. With the Proclamation of 1763‚ prohibiting colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains‚ the people of Wethersfield were limited to where they could settle‚ which provided less opportunity. According to Document A‚ there was about a 50% increase in people in Wethersfield
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the Cherokee Indians. During the 1750s and 1760s there were several conflicts between the British and French nations. This Great War of Empire or the Seven years War took place in the Carolinas and it was known as the Cherokee War between 1756 and 1763. Europeans were struggling for North America in the 18th century‚ and each of them controlled a land in America: Florida was controlled by the Spanish‚ Canada and Louisiana was occupied by the French‚ and the British held the Atlantic seaboard. Europeans
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Historical Context The year 1763 marked the end of the French and Indian War‚ the final defeat of the French and their Native American allies in America. For America’s English colonists‚ this was a cause for great celebration and pride in their English identity. Expressions of English patriotism were widespread. But only twelve years later‚ these same American colonists found themselves locked in a bitter and violent conflict with the mother country that had so recently been the object of their
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justice of the peace and county judge. In 1761‚ he moved from New Milford to New Haven‚ Connecticut. There he ran two stores and became involved with Yale College where he held the post of treasurer from 1765 to 1776. Three years after his wife Elizabeth died‚ he married Rebecca Prescott in 1763. The couple had eight children. Two of their children died in infancy. Did you know Roger Sherman died of some type of disease called typhoid? Sherman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
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Prior to 1763‚ the British practiced the policy of salutary neglect‚ which left the American colonist to govern themselves. This policy of salutary neglect ended along with The treaty of Paris‚ which ended The French and Indian war. Following The French and Indian war and gaining land in American‚ England issued a royal proclamation that prohibited the American colonist from settling west of the Appalachia mountains on the newly attained land.This policy enforced by Britain created the beginning
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1754. This plan‚ under the slogan "Join‚ or Die‚" would have brought the colonial rivals together to meet the common threat of the French and Indians. Much to Franklin’s chagrin‚ this plan was soundly defeat. Much happened between the years of 1763 and 1776. The colonists felt unfairly taxed‚ watched over like children‚ and ignored in their attempts to address grievances. Religious issues rose to the surface‚ political ideals crystallized‚ and‚ as always‚ economics were the essence of many debates
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