Before the risks of civil disobedience can be evaluated‚ first it must be defined. Merriam Webster’s defines civil disobedience as‚ Refusal to obey government demands or commands and nonresistance to consequent arrest and punishment. It is used especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing government concessions and has been a major tactic of nationalist movements in Africa and India‚ of the U.S. Civil rights movement‚ and of labor and antiwar movements in many countries. Civil
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7 The Road to Revolution‚ 1763–1775 Chapter Themes Theme: The American Revolution occurred because the American colonists‚ who had long been developing a strong sense of autonomy and self-government‚ furiously resisted British attempts to impose tighter mercantilist imperial controls and higher taxes after the French and Indian War in 1763. The political ideals of “republicanism” and “radical Whiggery” (the latter focused especially on liberty) caused Americans to see British actions in the worst
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Intolerable Acts in some ways but I think that the Boston Tea Party played the most influential role of all. To help the East India Company from losing money‚ Britain passed the Tea Act which allowed the company to have a virtual monopoly of the trade for tea in America. This angered the merchants and the smugglers and they called for a new boycott on tea. Also on December 16‚ 30 -130 men dressed as Mohawks climbed aboard and threw 320 chests of tea overboard which took them approx. 3 hours. This was
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People and Revolutionary Heroes: Some of the people and revolutionary heroes in the war were women‚ George Washington‚ Paul Revere‚ and slaves. There were many other people‚ but that is what I am going to focus about. When men had left to fight‚ women had new roles and jobs to do. Some of the wives followed their husbands in the war and did new jobs in it. Some women would dress in men’s clothes to fight in the battle. George Washington is a revolutionary hero who led the Americans to win the American
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The French and Indian War had a substantial effect on the coming of the American Revolution. This war left Britain in a vast state of weakness. The Parliament imposed taxes on the colonies to try and pay off the debt left from the French and Indian War. The colonies then proceeded to boycott and protest against the government and this set in motion the extensive fight between the Parliament and the colonies that eventually lead to the American Revolution. The British government was left in a great
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started to argue and it ended up with 5 colonists dead. In result of that‚ the British passed the Tea Act in 1773 which legalized the East India Company to be exempt from the taxation of tea. The Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party which was when the colonists dumped tea into the harbor. King George was angry and passed the Intolerable Acts of 1774 which closed the port of Boston until all the tea they dumped was paid for. Then came the first Continental Congress in 1774 which was the colonists
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The actions of the British led the colonists closer to the revolution. Boston Tea Party – The Boston Tea Party was initiated as a result of the defiance of the taxation acts that were passed by the British Parliament. While some colonies such as New York conceded to the passes of acts such as the Tea Act‚ Boston did not partake in the same. On December 16th 1773‚ Sons of Liberty under Samuel Adams attacked a ship ferrying tea and threw the merchandise overboard which led to the British enacting the
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without asking their permission. The colonists responded immediately by debating in the colonial legislatures‚ creating mob crowds‚ tarring‚ and feathering. All in all‚ the colonists finally showed their displeasure for all the new laws through “The Boston Tea
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The American Revolution was the revolt of the English colonies in North America that occurred between 1775 and 1783‚ which resulted in the establishment of the United States. The Independence of the United States is considered the first American Revolution (the second was the Civil War). It was a landmark in the Old Regime crisis because it broke the unity of the colonial system. The thirteen American colonies were formed from the seventeenth century. In the late eighteenth century‚ there were 680
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Events Leading to the Revolutionary War In the 18th century‚ world advances were made through ones connections. The closer relationship one had with the king‚ the better opportunity they have. Cronyism allows people with less talent to rise in society. However‚ living in colonies reduced the influence of cronyism. One could rise economically and socially through hard work and good fortune. In Britain‚ King George III appointed George Grenville as first minister with responsibility for solving
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