Liberty protested unfair taxes imposed by the British crown‚ terrorized British colonial authorities and contributed to the start of the American Revolution. The Sons of Liberty The Sons of Liberty became known as a patriot group founded in the Boston colony. They formed before the American Revolution and independence from Great Britain‚ known first as the Loyal Nine. The Sons of Liberty consisted mainly of merchants‚ artisans‚ lawyers‚ local politicians and tradesmen. They thought it was their
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Chapter 7 term Sheet The Road to Revolution 1. Republicanism - a just society as one is in which all citizens willingly subordinate their private‚ selfish interests to the common good. 2. Radical Whigs - group of British political commentators; widely read by the colonists‚ feared the threat to liberty posed by the arbitrary power of the monarch and Parliament; warned to colonists to be watchful of any violations to their rights or corruption in leadership; hated use of patronage and bribes
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wished to do (make laws‚ pass taxes‚ raise taxes) to the colonists “in all cases whatsoever”. This caused even more tension between the two lands. Parliament passed the Townshend Acts in June of 1767. This was a tax on imported glass‚ paint‚ paper‚ tea‚ and lead. This Act also allowed tax
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Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The purpose of these laws were to punish the colonists for throwing a large shipment of tea into the Boston harbor. The first of these laws‚ the Boston Port Act‚ was passed on March 31‚ 1774. The purpose of this act was to punish the colonists who lived in Boston after the Boston Tea Party. The port of Boston was closed because of this act. However‚ colonists pleaded that the act punished all of Boston‚ rather than those who destroyed the tea. The Massachusetts
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The Townshend Act was a taxation that they placed on the colonists for any imports such as: glass‚ lead‚ paint‚ paper‚ and tea. The colonists rose against this and began to stop getting imports from the British‚ boycott. In 1770‚ the Townshend Act was repealed except for tax on tea.4 The Boston Massacre followed the Townshend Act in 1770. British soldiers were put in Boston to help keep order within the city‚ yet the people felt them as a threat. The massacre broke out because a young man began
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American Revolution. The American Revolution lasted from 1775 until 1783. The main causes of the American Revolution include: The Boston Tea Party‚ the Intolerable Acts‚ the First and Second Continental Congress‚ and the Battles of Lexington and Concord. After the war between England and France‚ the British Parliament and King George III decided to apply a tax on tea in order to raise money and pay off their debts. The belief was that colonists would rather pay a tax on their everyday drink than
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influential group in organizing the patriots against the British. They protested the Stamp Act early on by hanging a dummy of a British Tax Agent and throwing rocks through the windows of the tax collector’s house. They were also involved in the Boston Tea Party. The Sons of Liberty movement spread throughout the colonies. The group in New York City was especially strong and used violent protests to scare loyalists
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effects on the relationship between England and the colonies. The crown had never directly taxed the colonists before. This caused problems between the Colonists and the British. A few of the major Acts were the Sugar Act‚ Currency Act‚ Stamp Act‚ and Tea Act. The Sugar Act of 1764 was an effort to try and stop the illegal trade between the Colonists and the French and Spanish. The Currency Act was also passed in 1764. The colonists responded to the Sugar Act and
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to the war creating much debt for the english in Great Britain they decided to tax the colonists for almost everything causing the colonists to grow very angry and violently rebel and protest to get the different tax laws repealed. The stamp act ‚ tea act ‚ and the townshend act were all created simply to help britain pay off war debts the french and indian war had
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Directions: As you read pp. 122-145 in Norton‚ A People and A Nation‚ complete the chart below. Be sure to give lots of specific facts and details – people‚ places‚ literature‚ and events – that fully explain the actions taken. PROVISIONS OF EACH BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY THE AMERICAN REACTION TO THE BRITISH POLICY THE BRITISH REACTION TO THE AMERIAN REACTION 1. The Molasses Act (1733): This act placed a high tariff on molasses being imported by colonists from the French West Indies; it was passed
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