which put a tax on paper‚ paint‚ lead‚ glass and tea. In 1766‚ the Declaratory Act was passed and it declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures. In 1773‚ there was a huge rebellion when the Tea Act came to be‚ even though this act made tea cheaper than before. The Sons of Liberty protested against the Tea Act by dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. All in all‚ the enforcement of new taxes
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glass‚ lead‚ paper‚ and tea. The colonist noticed but the act was repealed before anyone could do anything. Colonist boycotted on British goods. On March 5‚ 1770 British soldiers opened fire on protesting Boston citizens and killed 5 citizens. This is known as the Boston Massacre and word spread fast of the massacre throughout the 13 colonies because of Benjamin Franklin’s postal services. Later‚ the parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act made colonist only buy tea from the West Indies Company
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Several years and many events pushed colonists to a point where they wanted to fight for their independence. In 1775 the American Revolution began between Britain and the thirteen colonies. The colonies felt they should be treated a certain way and Britain felt differently on the issue. Americans sought the same rights as Englishmen but Britain wanted to use the colonies in a way that best suited them. Starting in 1754 and ending in 1763 the French and Indian War left the British in enormous debt
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The American Revolution was a pandemonium between political parties in which The Colonies rescinded Great Britain and their monarchy‚ deposing themselves from Britain‚ and proclaimed the founding of The United States of America. King George III published a document called The Proclamation of 1763‚ after the French and Indian War‚ England gained new land in which pushed borders back allowing more land for colonies to grow. Although the king and his council bestowed the proclamation to relieve the
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Company’s ships arrived in December of that year at the Port of Boston‚ settlers disguised as Indians threw the cargo of one of the ships into the sea. This episode became known as the case of the Boston Tea Party. For that‚ Parliament increased pressure by approving in 1774‚ the Intolerable Acts‚ closing the port of Boston‚ demanding compensation for the lost tea‚ and setting the arrest and trial of the involved in the Boston Tea Party. However‚ since the beginning of tensions between metropolis
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The American Revolution was caused by many things‚ but there are three main reasons that led to The American Revolution. The first main reason would be The Boston Massacre‚ then it would be the taxes‚ and the last reason is The Continental Congress. The Boston Massacre affected both the British and the Colonists. First of all the Boston Massacre created propaganda. Even though the British only killed five people the propaganda made it look like a massacre. The second reason was that the British
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When you think of the Founding Fathers‚ the common names George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Benjamin Franklin often come to mind. What many people don’t realize‚ is there were many more significant people besides them that helped make America free and independent. Even more than this‚ there were many women and minorities that contributed to this change. The women and minorities males that I am going to talk about in this paper show true drive‚ determination‚ and passion. These people prove
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Two major actions taken by the English Parliament during the 1760s that angered the colonists were the Currency Act and Stamp Act. The Currency Act was passed in efforts of the British trying to control the paper money in the United States. This act banned the production of coins and government money in the United States. According to the British‚ the only way to be able to use colonial paper money was for public transactions only. It was banned for private transactions. Finally‚ in 1770 Parliament
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affected merchants were very vocal. Besides‚ the taxes were raised without the permission of the colonists. This was one of the first circumstances in which colonists wanted a say in how much they were taxed. The next event was The Boston Massacre. It happened after drunken colonists started to throw snowballs at the British officials. The British shot at them and killed five people. The colonists were furious and the British were mad as well. No one seemed to be siding with the British
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passed in 1767‚ required the colonists to pay taxes on imported goods like tea. Many colonists felt that they should not pay these taxes‚ because they were passed in England by Parliament‚ not by their own colonial governments. They protested‚ saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens. The colonists started to resist by boycotting‚ or not buying‚ British goods. In 1773 some colonists in Boston‚ Massachusetts demonstrated
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