in city tax lists‚ the top 5% of Boston’s taxpayers controlled 49% of the cities taxable assets. The lower classes then started to use town meetings to express their feelings. Men like James Otis and Samuel Adams from the upper classes formed the Boston Caucus and through their motivational speaking‚ molded and activated the laboring-class. After the Stamp Act of 1765‚ the British’s taxation of colonists to pay for the Seven Year War‚ the lower-class stormed and destroyed merchant homes to level
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repealed and the colonists thought they had won. Then the Townshend Acts were passed. Now‚ trade goods‚ like glass‚ paper‚ and tea‚ all had a tax on them. New boycotts started all over. The Boston Massacre happened and things only got worse. Soon after‚ the Tea Act was passed that placed a large tax on tea products. This lead to uproar in the colonies and the Boston Tea Party was planned and executed. After this‚ the British government passed the Quartering Act that required that all colonists have
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The Stamp Act was the document that taxed many of the colonists goods like tea‚ food‚ newspaper‚ etc. The colonists were strongly affected by not being able to buy goods and other items. England had just came out of the Seven Years war and they were in war dept. In order to make back the money that the English lost‚ they passed the Stamp Act which taxed all the colonist’s goods. Across from the Atlantic Ocean the colonists were forced to boycott. Over sea the colonists were furious that the English
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such as the sugar act‚ stamp and Townshend acts. To these the people responded furiously with acts such as the Boston massacre and the Boston tea party. With tensions already at a high it was already a matter of time to see which side was going to fire first; this point came on the 19th of April when a group of militia men encountered troops entering Concord from their route from Boston. Tensions high and words were exchanged leading into the firsts shots of the revolutionary war at Lexington and
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1700s. Before the call of war was made‚ insubordination could be seen in events including the Boston Tea Party and the meetings of The Continental Congress. Bostonian men‚ disguised as Mohawk Indians‚ executed the Boston Tea Party when they dumped over 300 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor. This was a grand addition to the defiance of several colonist rebels with their implementations of boycotts on British tea. American colonists were angered‚ for they had no representation in government and were being
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Britain’s relations with the American colonies was destined to collapse‚ since the British lacked much respect for the colonies and the unequal mistreatment. During the French and Indian war their relationship altered drastically politically‚ economically‚ and ideologically. This war would soon lead to the American colonies revolting against Britain. Since the start of the war the Americans were eager to help Britain in winning the war‚ the Americans believed by doing this they would get respect
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1763 From the very beginning the American colonies were a revolutionary force waiting to be unleashed. Though there were many things that led up to the American Revolution many historians think that the events that took place in the year 1763 were huge turning points in the road to the revolution. The year 1763 changed the way a lot of colonists felt towards England and vise versa. There were Many things that took place in 1763 I will talk about three of them‚ The French and Indian war (also know
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The French and Indian War: Connection to the American Revolution By: Davion Daniels Introduction The American Revolution was the war between the Americans and the French against the British for their land and independence. The French and Indian War was the war for American soil between the Colonies of Britain and New France. The French and Indian war impacted the British and the Colonies in terms of global connections‚ governance‚ civic ideals and practices‚ and economics; all of which are four
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thought as well as the location they are‚ these total main elements caused the British lose revolution and made the events happened in history. The causes of conflict are that Britain was attacking American economy. Such as Boston Tea Party‚ The British monopoly North America tea import‚ and controlling prices‚ etc. In colonies of Britain‚ because of the mode of British government used so that almost every colonies had freedom and thought of democratic consciousness. The people who live in the northern
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world: beer‚ wine‚ spirits‚ coffee‚ tea‚ and Coca-Cola. When these six beverages were discovered‚ the people of those times did not know the path it would lead the world down. Through the words of author Tom Standage in his book A History of the World in 6 Glasses‚ the reader is informed of
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