control on the colonies. They were started in pre-independence North American British colonies in protest to the Stamp Act of 1765. They also made their voice heard in the Townshend Acts‚ the Tea Tax‚ and any form of “Taxation without Representation”. Their most well known act today is the Boston Tea Party that occurred in 1773. The Sons of Liberty throughout the colonies started being more loosely used as anyone that would oppose the new Crown taxes and laws. The Sons of Liberty were vital to
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took place on December 16‚ 1773. The demonstrators‚ disguised as Native Americans‚ destroyed large shipments of British tea to protest the Tea Act. The tea‚ which was thrown into the Boston Harbor‚ was owned by the British East India Company and thus went against the liberties of the American colonists. Samuel Adams‚ the founder of the Sons of Liberty‚ argued that the Boston Tea Party was not the result of a lawless mob. Instead‚ it was a virtuous protest that was a necessary evil for the people to defend
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The American Revolution was an accelerated evolution rather than a cataclysmic revolution to a certain point. An accelerated evolution is a rapid process of growth and change‚ while a cataclysmic revolution is a sudden and violent event that brings great changes. The extent to which the American Revolution was an accelerated evolution was during events that completely disregarded the government. When considered politically‚ economically and socially the extent to which the American Revolution was
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there should contribute .The Sons of Liberty‚ a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy‚ was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party The name Sons of Liberty was derived from a 1765 debate in Parliament over the Stamp Act. During the debate‚ Stamp Act supporter Charles Townshend made a disapproving statement of the American colonists. Irishman and Member of Parliament‚ Isaac
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A Fight for Independence America: The land of the free‚ and the home of the brave. We all know that if we look at America in the prime of its greatness‚ it was just this‚ the land of the free. It was free from oppression‚ from stubborn‚ and greedy laws‚ and acts that held us back. However‚ this independence did not happen overnight. It happened over the course of hundreds of years. America was‚ and still is‚ a nation of those who fought for what they believed in‚ and it all began in the prime of
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Within the years of 1750-1781‚ Bostonians watched their fellow colonists lie dead on the floor. This incident‚ known as the Boston Massacre‚ had a strong effect through the colonies. The Massacre‚ along with numerous taxes and other burdens‚ led the American colonists to begin to realize that only by standing together could they stop the British burdens. After Boston trade was hindered by the British‚ colonies as far as South Carolina showed support for the city by sending over much needed food and
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included basic items such as glass‚ tea‚ paper and lead. We had to import them because we didn’t make them. We all are just tired of all the taxes that parliament imposed. We felt like only our representatives had the right to tax us. After the Boston tea party happened‚ they set out the intolerable acts. They closed the Boston harbor until the Massachusetts colony paid for the ruined tea. The laws took away many of our rights‚ they were also making the Boston people shelter soldiers in their own
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Even with both the English and the Americans willing to compromise and make deals‚ it would have been very hard to prevent the War for independence. The American enlightenment‚ however‚ could have been stopped. A large majority of Americans wanted independence from England mainly because of the way they were being ruled. Of the Americans that wanted to break away were from many backgrounds‚ they came from all over the social ladder and from all over the world. If they didn’t all come together to
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the American Revolution. The start of the Sons of Liberty is something of a mystery. The group always met in secret and it is disputed where it all began. Some say it started in New York and some will say under the leadership of Samuel Adams the Boston chapter was first. One thing is certain though‚ they all had the same goal‚ to organize public opinion and coordinate patriotic actions against Great Britain. The Sons of Liberty met at night so not to attract the British soldiers and to keep their
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and the colonists weren’t afraid to fight the ludicrous conditions. The actions carried out by the colonists included sending formal letters of protest to parliament‚ riots‚ tormenting of tax collectors and stamp distributors and ultimately the Boston Tea Party. However‚ some of these provisions were met with even harsher punishments than the original taxes‚ causing a sort of cycle which eventually evolved into the revolution. Another factor which lesser influenced the rebellion was the restriction
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