independence was salutary neglect‚ the events of the Seven Years’ War‚ the colonies economy following the war which led to the British imposing heavy taxation‚ the ideas of the Enlightenment and the conflicts in the colonies such as the Boston Massacre and Boston tea party. Britain’s first prime minister Robert Walpole said‚"If no restrictions were placed on the colonies‚ they would flourish."[1] Walpole then created the unofficial policy known as “salutary neglect‚” which relaxed enforcement of regulations
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started with the sugar act‚ then the stamp act‚ the quartering act‚ the Townshend act‚ tea act‚ and the intolerable act. The final straw out of all of these acts was the tea act‚ because one thing all colonist drunk was tea‚ and to have prices raised highly on something they love led to the Boston tea party where colonist dressed as Mohawks‚ went to the Boston harbor and boarded the ship so they could dump all the tea on the boat into the water. Before this was done colonist wanted direct representation
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yelled “FIRE” meaning to shoot their guns at the colonists‚ but it turned out to be the colonists yelling “FIRE” because a bell rang that signaled a fire. Five colonists were killed and several injured and wounded‚ this event was later known as the Boston Massacre. The British were also known by the unfair laws made by King George the third. There were several laws such as the Proclamation of 1763‚ Writs of Assistance‚ the townshend Act‚ the Sugar Act‚ and many more. one of the most
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Imperial Crisis HIS 203 American History to 1865 Leslie Ruff 25 August 2014 Imperial Crisis The conclusion of the Seven Years’ War began a tumultuous period in American history. With the victory Great Britain obtained supremacy and world dominance‚ however their greatest prize (Colonial America) was becoming
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cause of dissent among the colonists. It required that colonists allow British troops to stay in their homes. Led by Charles Townshend‚ who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Townsend enforced more taxes and were very hard on the colonists. The Boston Massacre was another event that angered colonists. It was an event in 1770 where British soldiers fired into a crowd and killed several people. The colonists who already felt like there was too much British control‚ were really riled
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Program Lesson Welcome to History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism. This document contains everything you need to teach the sample lesson “Toward Independence.” We invite you to use this sample lesson today to discover how the TCI Approach can make history come alive for your students. Contents Letter from Bert Bower‚ TCI Founder and CEO 2 Benefits of History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism 3 Program Contents 4 Student Edition: Sample Lesson 5: Toward Independence
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three-penny tax on tea‚ the most popular drink in the colonies. •Boston Massacre: Instantly‚ Samuel Adams and other colonial agitators labeled this confrontation the Boston Massacre‚ thus presenting it as a British attack on defenseless citizens. •committees of correspondence: The assemblies of Massachusetts and Virginia set up committees of correspondence to communicate with other colonies about this and other threats to American liberties. •Boston Tea Party: the “Indians” dumped
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to start the Revolutionary War. The ten acts that lead to the the Revolutionary War are Navigation Act‚ French and Indian War‚ Pontiac’s Rebellion‚ Proclamation‚ The Sugar Act‚ The Stamp Act‚ Declaratory Act‚ The Townshend Act‚ The Boston Massacre‚ Boston Tea Party‚ and Intolerable Act. All these acts‚ wars‚ and rebellions started with The Navigation Act.Paragraph #2 Navigation Acts of 1660 Was the navigation act really about navigation? The Navigation Act was an act of parliament intended
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Throughout history‚ there is not an event that can relate to the one of the American Revolution. This revolution that took place in the Americas had many events that led to this revolution for the colonies. The events that slowly crept up to the much-needed revolution was in the period from 1750 to 1776. During this time‚ the struggling American colonies that were under control by the English and its parliament were dealing with different situations politically‚ socially and economically that led
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Proclamation of 1763‚ the colonists were acting up and causing trouble for the Britain’s. This changed the ‘relationship’ between Great Britain and the colonists but also‚ these were the things that sparked the thoughts of revolting. When the Boston Tea Party took place‚ it was the “last stick on the pile.” It was the main cause/ the push of the American Revolution that triggered the people’s fuse. As Rick Brainard states in his blog‚ “The problems between the Colonies and England had not started
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