They year 1765 was the beginning of the anti-British sentiments in the American colonies. This is where many colonists started boycotting‚ and making groups such as‚ the sons of liberty and the daughters of liberty. It began when Lord Grenville who added on some taxes to the already made sugar and tobacco taxes‚ made by Lord Bute. There were many taxes‚ but the ones that placed the most resentment to the colonists were the Sugar Acts‚ which put 3 more pennies per gallon of sugar‚ the Quartering Act
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The Quartering Act was placed on the colonist to allow soldiers to be stationed in buildings including homes‚ ale houses‚ and inns in the towns. It was a way for the English to save money on costs to build barracks for the soldiers. This act was immediately disapproved by the colonist which is expected. When British soldiers are forced to live in homes and businesses. Invading the sense of privacy of the colonist. The English should not of made an act the forces colonist to accommodate personal that
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As the Red Coats arrived in Lexington on their way to concord (to take the colonist’s stockpile of weapons) the "shot heard around the world" was fired. The American militia was forced to give in after battling the Soldiers‚ however when the British got to concord‚ the American Militia were waiting for them. After some time of fighting The Red Coats retreated their 200 soldiers while the American
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"Taxation without Representation" Moreover‚ Patrick Henry was a Virginian who used his powers of converse with fight against the Stamp Act of 1765 and authorization was passed negating the exhibit. Open resistance started in Virginia the day after Lexington and Concord happened‚ on April 20‚ 1775. Other than the Battle of Great Bridge in December 1775‚ little doing combating happened in Virginia anyway they sent warriors to help in the war effort. Virginia was a standout amongst the most timely to grasp flexibility
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married in 1757 and they had eight children. Not long after her unexpected death in 1773‚ Paul Revere married another woman and her name was Rachel Walker and they had eight children. Paul Revere took part in the Boston Tea Party. He also alerted the Lexington Minutemen about the approach of the British in 1775. Paul Revere was a silversmith and ardent colonialist. He set up for the famous ride on April 18‚1775. He retired from his career in 1811 at the age of 76. Paul Revere became a Freemason in 1760
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History portrays people by their actions and in turn judges them accordingly. This is how we come to think of some historical figures as heroes and others as villains. Their actions in the face of their circumstances define how we think of them. What their motivations are or how they came to the decisions that they choose are sometimes never given the proper prospective. It has been said that history is written by the victors‚ so depending on who is doing the writing this version of history also
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Charles Oddo The United States to 1877 HIST 1301-11292 June 19‚ 2014 Ray Raphael‚ The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord. New York: The New Press‚ 2002. Pp. 1-273 $16.95.ISBN: 978-1-56584-81502. Ray Rafael achieved a Bachelors of Arts degree from Reed College in 1965. After‚ he attended the University of California at Berkeley to receive his Masters of Arts in 1967. He then accomplished his Masters of Arts in teaching from Reed College in 1968. In addition to The
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British troops were headed to Lexington to seize the colonist’s arms. A few people‚ Paul Revere and Tanner William Dawes‚ had heard they were coming‚ and began warning others. The British troops were not expecting the colonists to be armed and ready to fight. Then came the first shot. I do not know which side it was from but after it happened‚ everyone broke
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congress adopts the declaration of independence‚ which states the independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain and its king. Four hundred and forty-two days after the shots of the American Revolution shots were fired at Lexington and concord‚ came the declaration. This marked an ideological expansion of the conflict that would eventually involve France’s intervention on behalf of the Americans. The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765‚ right after parliament
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Jonathan Tremain‚ Priscilla Lapham‚ and Ephraim Lapham. The fictional characters‚ although these people did not historically exist‚ gave me a personal insight to the actual events that occurred such as the Boston Tea Party‚ and the Battle of Lexington and Concord. These characters gave this film variety and creativity which made me learn more about the real events. Paul Revere was a master silversmith and one of the leaders of the Revolutionary forces in Boston.
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