opportunity of religion for different pilgrims. In 1691‚ Plymouth Colony would turn out to be a piece of the bigger Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts had a key influence in the American Revolution. In December 1773‚ Boston was the site of the well known Boston Tea Party in response to the Tea Act that had been passed by the British. Parliament responded by passing acts to control the state including a maritime bar of the harbor. On April 19‚ 1775‚ Lexington and Concord‚ Massachusetts were the locales
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Cause and effect essays explore how and why things happen. You may start with an event‚ like the Boston Tea Party‚ and explain why it happened. You could also start with the Boston Tea Party and explore the events that followed. If you’re looking for inspiration for your topic‚ you may find ideas from the following list. * The impact when a parent loses a job * The Revolutionary War and slavery * Food poisoning causes * Repercussions of cheating in school * The effects of exercising
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need to places them in chronological order—you will probably be given two of these to do. These will also come from the term sheet. Ex: Proclamation Line of 1763‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Stamp Act‚ Boston Tea Party Correct Order: Proclamation line of 1763‚ Stamp Act‚ Boston Tea Party‚ Declaration of Independence Essay (50-60 points) You will be required to write an essay on one of the following questions. (I pick the question.) 1. Compare and contrast the religious beliefs and
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(1767) – tax on tea‚ paint‚ lead‚ and glass‚ used to raise revenue for war debt‚ money used to pay Government salaries‚ Sam Adams circulates letters to all other colonies to protest/boycott Boston Massacre – first blood of the revolution‚ competing with British for jobs‚ don’t like the British military bossing them around Tea Act and Party with Intolerable/Coercive Acts (1773) – British had repealed all taxes EXCEPT for the Tea Act‚ many parties resisted purchasing the British tea; British then put
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they are under British rule they have the right to vote but if they are against them they will have to confront with them. It is possible for the colonist to remain faithful but‚ we must declare independence and fight because of the Quartering Acts‚ Boston Massacre and taxes. We should go to war because of the Quartering Acts. In 1765 Parliament passed the Quartering Acts that said the colonist needed to find or pay for lodging for British soldiers stationed in America. The Quartering acts required
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speaking out. Protest isn’t always throwing tea off ships‚ or marches‚ it can be stepping up and asking for what you think is right. In today’s society protest has turned into violence in many cases‚ for example the violent protest in Ferguson‚ Missouri. Violent protests don’t always get the point across‚ they tend to blur issues even more. Looking back through American history‚ there has been five major protests. Starting in 1773 with the Boston Tea Party. The American colonist has a large absence
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During the following period protests by colonists also known as Patriots continued to increase rapidly. With the Boston Tea Party in 1773 Patriots demolished a load of taxed tea from the East India Company. The British returned what they believed to be the belligerence of the colonists by decreeing laws known as The Coercive Acts on Massachusetts in 1774 until the tea had been paid for. In 1774 the Patriots set up their own form of government to better their independence effort against
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and the Tax on Tea. The very though of taxation threatened the roots of what our early Founding Fathers believed in. It was as if our early Founding Fathers were David‚ attempting to overcome Goliath. The laws were met by boycotts‚
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THE HISTORY OF PAUL REVERE Paul Revere was born in the North End of Boston on December 21‚ 1734. His father‚ a French Huguenot was name Apollo Revere‚ came to Boston at the age of 13 and was apprenticed to the silversmith John Coney. By the time the married Deborah Hitch born‚ a member of a long-standing Boston family that owned a small shipping wharf‚ in 1729‚ Revere had anglicized his name to Paul Revere. Their son‚ Paul Revere‚ was the third of 12 children and eventually the eldest surviving
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Paul Revere Paul Revere was born on Jan. 1‚ 1735 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. His parents were Paul Revere (Apollos Rivoire) and Deborah Revere. Paul Revere’s only sibling was Deborah. As a boy‚ Paul Revere went to an “Infant School” until he was 7 or 8. Then he changed schools and went to “North Writing” (an all boy school). When he was 15 his father died and he had to take care of the family. He took over the family business as a gold and silversmith. For extra money he took the job of a
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