After the French and Indian war the Americans were used to being neglected because the british needed all the troops they could get to fight the seven years. The Americans had experienced salutary neglect for so long that when the British came back the Americans did not like it. The British taxed the Americans with the sugar act and the intolerable acts without the representation deserved. This marked the beginning of the American Revolution. When the British came back to the colonies they had
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British colonists without their say. The issues were only further escalated by events like the Boston Massacre‚ in which 5 protesting colonists were shot and killed by British Officers‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ and the march of British troops on Lexington and Concord. By this
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to the long battles with the British Regulars. As a result thousands quit. What signaled the beginning of the American Revolution was the first battle on April 19‚ 1775 at Lexington. General Gage was in charge of the British troops that were in Boston. He learned that the colonists had hidden a large amount of weapons in Concord. They had planned on a surprise attack but the two sons of liberty‚ Paul Revere and William Dawns‚ warned General Washington of the impending British attack. When the Americans
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The American and French Revolution caused many government‚ social‚ and economic structure issues that compared to one another. The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord marking the beginnings of armed conflict between Great Britain and America. The American Revolution lasted from 1775-1783. The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789-1799. Both revolutions lasted a long time which caused many
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There was multiple methods that could have been applied to prevent turmoil and chaos from happening‚ this could prevented the American Revolution. However‚ the American Revolution was inevitable‚ the amount of abuse that was inflicted on the people from the king himself took the basic liberties away from their society which soon led to the uprising. Also the ignorance that came from the political figures and parliament fueled the fire that was within the colonists‚ they finally took back what was
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Independence that would protect the people and be governed properly. First‚ there would be British stations armed with soldiers in the colonies as the first signs of the Revolution. The colonist rejected armed forces within their towns such as‚ Lexington and Concord that resulted in British retreating to Boston. However‚ the British restricted trade in the colonies rejecting the Olive Branch Petition and declaring the colonies in rebellion. In addition‚ the Parliament passed the Prohibitory Act that closed
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based on ALCOS 3: Trace the chronology of events leading to the American Revolution‚ including the French and Indian War‚ passage of the Stamp Act‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ the Boston Massacre‚ passage of the Intolerable Acts‚ the Battles of Lexington and Concord‚ the publication of Common Sense‚ and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. [A.1.a.‚ A.1.b.‚ A.1.d.‚ A.1.g.‚ A.1.i.] These materials were used in high school 10th grade U.S. History classroom with students ranging from regular education
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this day. The second amendment was made in the constitutional convention in the summer of 1787. There are many reason why the second amendment came to be. One reason the second amendment came to be would be because of the battle of Lexington and Concord when the patriots went to go get guns for the militias. The main reason why the second amendment was made was because the Americans were afraid of British coming back for the Americans can be ready. The second amendment allows people to be
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Many key moments in the American Revolution led to our independence from Britain. One of these events was the 1765 Stamp Act. Following the taxation of several imported British goods to the colonies‚ including sugar‚ The Stamp Act taxed the colonists on many paper goods‚ including documents‚ newspapers‚ and playing cards. Many colonists were upset with this new development as they were not represented in the British government‚ yet were paying taxes that the parliament and King George III had set
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was sent from England to America and assigned to govern Massachusetts. Radicals‚ John Hancock and Samuel Adams decided to govern Massachusetts themselves. Gage was enraged and sent soldiers to Lexington and Concord to authorize the arrest of Hancock and Adams. It was that first random bullet shot at Lexington that beyond doubt began the American Revolution. With the courageous leadership of George Washington and French Alliance the colonists were able to defeat the British during the Battle of Yorktown
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