number of people to join. The Sons of Liberty soon grew to roughly around two-thousand people with John’s impressive skills to persuade. One of the first acts of rebellion was the killing of Andrew Oliver‚ who was responsible for distributing the stamps to the people. Samuel knew to be careful because if people knew he were in charge of such things and to be well-known that he could be in serious trouble with him and his family. In that case‚ he let those with a smaller occupation do a majority
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Britain’s current king‚ King George‚ decided that he needed more money from the flourishing colonies. The Parliament decided to tax unnecessary taxes against the colonies‚ such as the Stamp Act‚ the Sugar Act‚ and the Townshend Act. The Stamp Act was a tax on all paper products in the colonies. According to the Stamp Act of 1765‚ I quote‚” For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment‚ or sheet or piece of
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the Boston Massacre in 1770‚ and which of the said causes had the biggest impact on the occurrence of the Massacre. To understand the causes of this Massacre‚ research had to be done to investigate how the presence of British soldiers‚ the Sugar‚ Stamp‚ Quartering‚ and Townshed Acts‚ the acts of the colonists‚ and the lack of representation of the colonists lead to the Boston Massacre. The main method for gathering information was from either book or Internet sources. The most used of these sources
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their belief that they were being taxed without representation‚ as well as decreasing the revenue of sugar plantations. The act was repealed in 1765‚ due to the harsh response of the colonies towards it. The same year‚ Parliament passed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act taxed all printed documents‚ including wills and newspaper. The Act sparked fierce resistance against the British. The Sons of Liberty‚ a rebel group determined on stopping taxation‚ made examples of many British tax collectors. The British
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no restrictions were places on the colonies that they would flourish. But after the French and Indian war all of this changed. Britain put more strict trading laws so that the colonies will only trade with them. They also passed the stamp act and sugar act. The stamp act was
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to support sub-thesis: i. Grenville’s Policies: Sugar act of 1763‚ Enforce navigation‚ Stamp Act of 1765‚ and Quartering Act of 1765. ii. Currency Act iii. Declaratory Act iv. Townshend Duties v. Tea Act b. Sub-thesis 2: Britain‚ trying to remain control of roused up colonists‚ used military force to implement their order. a. Facts to support sub-thesis i. 2 regiments of troops in Boston ii. Stamp Act to support military. iii. Increased troop deployment to train American militia. iv
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The British’s imposed acts from 1763 to 1776 caused the colonist to turn away from them and their ways of living. The start of this was the Proclamation Act‚ since the British didn’t want any more fighting with the Indian people they stopped movement towards the Appalachians by the colonists. This angered the colonist‚ because they wanted to make fur trades and gaining land. The colonist soon disregarded this act and continued moving westward. The following acts followed a pattern of
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British imposed on the colonists‚ the Americans were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. The Colonists were justified in breaking away because the parliament passed laws that were unjustified‚ The British king was of tyranny‚ The Stamp Act of 1765‚ The Townshend Act and The Boston Massacre. All of this lead to the colonies joining together and rebelling against the British. The colonists despised the unlimited power of the parliament and their authority to levy taxes to raise revenue
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controls the colonies. To guarantee total control‚ Britain sent 3000 troops to the colonies to end the boycotts and riots‚ and to furthermore clarify that Britain is the ruler. Additional acts like the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act were instituted to provide Britain with additional revenues. The Stamp Act placed a strict tax on newspapers and legal documents while the Sugar Act placed an imbalanced tax on molasses that provided relief for the East India Company. During the course of this time Britain
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The Sugar Act Sugar and molasses were important commodities for Britain since they were its source of revenue from the colonies. The British West Indies were originally the colonists’ main molasses provider; however the colonists bought molasses from foreign markets where the commodity was cheaper. Because the colonists depended on other countries‚ the British government passed the Molasses Act in 1733‚ which implemented a tax of six pence per gallon on molasses bought from non-British colonies
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