enforcement of laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. The American Revolution occurred due to mercantilist policies imposed by the British due to an effort to lower the tremendous amount of debt after the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The British imposed new taxes such as the Stamp Act (1765) which was a tax on printed items. The Americans then began the slogan “No taxation without representation” which became the cry of the American Revolution. Although men took the front-lines
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and took advantage of the colonies. They determined where they could or could not settle‚ placed unfair taxes on them‚ and used unnecessary force to implement authority. After the French and Indian war‚ the British established the proclamation of 1763 (document 1.) Under this proclamation‚ colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. This angered them because not only did they just fight the war to gain control of that land‚ but the British went behind their backs and made this
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To what extent did the political and economic effects of the Seven Years War in North America help cause the American War of Independence? The American Revolutionary War‚ also known as the American War of Independence‚ was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain‚ and its American colonies from 1775 to 1783. In 1775 British soldiers invaded America with the intention to rule the country. The American War of Independence lasted for eight years and over time the War tore American and British
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manufacture and trade goods. Which in turn instigated the monarch to have more power and royal treasury from the trade with India and Turkey‚ allowing Queen Elizabeth’s policy to expand overseas‚ causing the Spanish to lose power in America. In 1754-1763‚ the seven-year war‚ not limited to a break‚ entailed the British’s expansion of their colonies and encountered the French at the Ohio River valley‚ which is what first initiated the war. As they fought‚ they intertwined the Indians into their conflicts
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Early life Adam Smith was born to Margaret Douglas at Kirkcaldy‚ Scotland. His father‚ also named Adam Smith‚ was a lawyer‚ civil servant‚ and widower who married Margaret Douglas in 1720. His father died six months before Smith’s birth. The exact date of Smith’s birth is unknown; however‚ his baptism was recorded on 16 June 1723 at Kirkcaldy. Though few events in Smith’s early childhood are known‚ Scottish journalist and biographer of Smith John Rae recorded that Smith was abducted by gypsies
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Bagos‚ Cedie History 172 12/11/14 American Revolution: Saved by the French Following the Treaty of Paris of 1763‚ Great Britain is left with a growing burden of debt that had to be funded which led to the series of taxes on the colonies passed by a parliament comprised of English lawmakers from Great Britain. Angered by a war burdened on them but had nothing to do with them‚ the American colonies (them) stipulated a number of outrageous protests and boycotts that left a demanding Great Britain even
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1739-1744 Great Awakening 1756-1763 French and Indian War 1763 Proclamation Line established 1763-1764 Pontiac’s Rebellion 1764-1765 Sugar Act and Stamp Act Controversies 1766 Declaratory Act 1767 Townshend Act‚ New York Assembly suspended 1770 Boston Massacre 1772 Committees of Correspondence formed 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 Coercive Acts‚ First Continental Congress convenes 1775 Revolution begins with fighting at Lexington and Concord 1776 Declaration of Independence 1777
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1730-1745 In the 1730’s the Great Awakening exploded‚ religion rose to power once again and people began to get disconnected from their scientific ways of thinking. Jonathan Edwards was the catalyst to the Great Awakening‚ Edwards preached that not only doing good deeds will lead one to salvation‚ but faith in God will too‚ and he reiterated that faith in God was always above just doing good deeds. There wasn’t just a religious revolution at this time‚ but a social revolution was stirring‚ with
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river in 1702. Due to hardships they were forced to move and settle elsewhere. The new site is now known as the city of Mobile‚ Alabama’s oldest city. In 1754-1763 France and England were at war. At the end of this fight England won‚ but this victory did not last long. In 1776 The Unitee States of America was formed. STATEHOOD HISTORY In 1776 a new country was formed ‚ The United States of
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wID Terms for Final 1. Nat Turner Revolt (1831): Slave revolt in the South led by a Virginian slave‚ Nat Tuner. Tuner said he was guided by God to free his people. The insurrection lasted 48 hours and 60 whites were killed. South’s bloodiest slave insurrection. Significance: fear among white southerners‚ increased severity of the slave codes‚ collapse any movement of emancipation in the South 2. Anti-slavery argument (1830s-1860s): America is God’s Promised Land‚ except for slavery which
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