Relationship to the Outcome of the Revolutionary War Concord and Lexington In April of 1775‚ British General Thomas Gage sent out men to concord to get the arsenal of weapons that he had heard about and decided to go through Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. The minutemen went to meet the British soldiers but backed down because they were out -numbered. After they defeated the colonist at Lexington‚ The British marched to concord to complete their task. They searched for weapons but
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1) Settlement of Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ Plymouth‚ Puritans 2) To farm and harvest TOBACCO; slaves‚ plantation workers- TRIANGLE TRADE a) Reduced migration by increasing wages especially in Southern colonies b) Dependable work force c) Cheap labor 3) Mercantilism is the idea that colonies existed for the benefit of the Mother Country. In other words‚ the American colonists could be compared to tenants who ’paid rent’ by providing materials for export to Britain. Colonizing America meant that
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innate optimism and silliness. In 1831‚ his wife died of TB and he resigned from his ministry. He set off to Europe and Eurasia to find himself. In 1835‚ having returned to the states‚ Emerson married his second wife‚ Lydia Jackson. They lied in Concord‚ Massachusetts and raised four children. All the while Emerson gave Lectures and wrote poetry and prose combining his likes of philosophy and nature with politics. In Emersons career he spoke and wrote against slavery and the annexation of Texas speaking
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American Revolution Research Paper The reason I chose the American Revolution as my topic was mainly because to me I thought it was very relevant subject to speak upon and not many of us have knowledge of how we even became the United States of America. Basically the American Revolution was one of many steps taken to develop our democracy type of government that we do have today. Also it tells about how the original thirteen broke away from the British harsh government taxes. To be honest I chose
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Europeans were searching for new routes to the east for spices‚ silk and gold. Spanish expansion was indicated by Christopher Columbus arrival in America. He was exploring the southern and western America in their quest of gold. Columbus‚ sailed from Spain in 1492 in effort to find the new trade route and instead found a "new world". This world had many items‚ which the Europeans wanted - corn‚ tobacco‚ cocoa‚ sugar and gold. After the sugar cane plantations were established by the Spanish‚ one
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At Lexington‚ open fire took place killing eight Americans lives. At Concord‚ the British troops were forced to retreat with the loss of 70 men. This was the first instance of open warfare. As years went on more battles took place‚ and soon a legend entered the revolution as general‚ George
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Williams‚ Travonne The National Guard’s History and How to Join Some people may think the national guard is a new military force. In reality the national guard has been alive for over three and a half centuries. We have four regiments that was formed 375 years ago. The regiments that was formed is the 101st Field Artillery Regiment‚ 101st Engineer Regiment‚ 182nd Infantry Regiment and the 181st Infantry Regiment. These regiments were formed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. On December 13‚ 1636
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The war between the British and the French over land was known as the French and Indian war. After many hard-fought battles‚ the British gained a lot of new land. The Treaty of Paris then gave the British the land as the French lost the land. To avoid further conflict with the Native Americans‚ the British passed the Proclamation of 1763. This said that no colonist could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. However‚ we did not like these restrictions. We did not like that the British had control
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in which the rights and liberties of the individual were protected under English law. The American colonists protested that were not afforded these privileges and that the British had abused their rights and liberties. After the issue in Lexington and Concord‚ the Americans knew that they had to fight for their own freedom so many battles took place afterwards but Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” showed them how urgent it really is to win the Revolutionary War. “Common Sense” is a 46 page long pamphlet
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to the American Revolution. The American Revolution lasted from 1775 until 1783. The main causes of the American Revolution include: The Boston Tea Party‚ the Intolerable Acts‚ the First and Second Continental Congress‚ and the Battles of Lexington and Concord. After the war between England and France‚ the British Parliament and King George III decided to apply a tax on tea in order to raise money and pay off their debts. The belief was that colonists would rather pay a tax on their everyday
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