was taking away their liberties. They wanted their complete freedom. Parliament was passing legislation that was increasingly taking away their freedoms including the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act. According to an October 7‚ 1765 article from the Boston-Gazette newspaper (document 3)‚ it was the duty of the colonists to fight taxes that the British were imposing. The article demanded that America must save their country for future generations by protecting its values and that the Countrymen must
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say in the Parliament. After the colonists protested the Sugar Act it was repealed and then the Stamp Act was created. Then the Townshend Act was created which taxed lead‚ paint‚ tea‚ etc. Then the colonists protested against this which caused it to be repealed except for the tea. The tea tax caused the Boston Tea Party. So the Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts which forced colonists to quarter soldiers. All this led up to the colonists breaking away from the British. By breaking away from
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The Great Awakening impacted the people in the 13 American colonies. Settlers were encouraged to disregard sectarian differences which brought religious‚ political‚ and cultural unity among the colonies. However‚ some churches divided into factions based on class ranks; for instance‚ “Old Sides” among Presbyterians and “Old Lights” among Congregationalist. Revivalism later resounded as “New Sides” and “Old Lights”. This event undermined traditional views of authority which contributed to the development
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The British are coming! The British are coming!" This infamous quote is by Paul Revere‚ a messenger of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He managed to deliver the message to the townspeople as well as Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to confiscate their weapons. This warning soon turned into a historical event that put the Revolution into full swing. In 1764‚ a year after the French and Indian war‚ the Sugar act was passed. This act forced the colonist to pay a 3¢ tax
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was held to tell the parliament to hold less power over the colonies. As bills were passed laws were stricter to increase control over the colonies which the colonist did not take well. In December of 1773 The Boston Tea Party occured throwing all of the tea imported from Britain into the Boston harbor. This was a monumental moment letting Britain know the colonist wont support “ No taxation without representation”. Through all the manufactured goods that were being
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Egyptian Revolution vs. American Revolution While it may not seem like the Egyptian and American Revolutions share much in common‚ they do. Nearly 250 years separated the two‚ and while technology‚ weaponry‚ and methods of revolution‚ have greatly evolved‚ many similarities remained. The American Revolution began in 1775‚ to protest the tyrannical rule of King George and what they felt was unfair treatment. The Egyptian Revolution began in 2011‚ after a series of revolutions in the Middle East
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One act was the Boston Port Act in June 1‚ 1774 and it closed the Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the tea that they threw into the harbor. Another Act was The Administration of Justice Act in May 20‚ 1774‚ which did not allow British soldiers to be tried in the colonies for any crimes they might commit
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that the colonies wanted to obtain through independent. Various acts set by the British were trying to compensate with the war debt British had due to the war with France. Asking the colonies to pay a lot of money for sugar‚ written documents or even tea enraged the
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The American Revolution shocked the world; no one had ever expected a small group of colonies to fight for and win their own independence from the seemingly greatest and most omnipresent country on earth. Americans had worked for and thought about the moment of their freedom for years‚ and their sense of individuality ran deep. By the eve of the American Revolution‚ colonists in America had developed a strong sense of identity as Americans‚ but only somewhat of unity as a single country. In events
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