The thirteen colonies struggled for independence in North America. The British made unfair laws without the colonies say in the laws. The colonies had to fight for their freedom. The British treated the colonists very poorly. For example‚ the British soldiers were involved in a shooting into a crowd. They claim that Captain Preston yelled “FIRE” meaning to shoot their guns at the colonists‚ but it turned out to be the colonists yelling “FIRE” because a bell rang that signaled a fire. Five colonists
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Declaration to inform all that the United States of America was to be free from British rule. The Declaration served as a purpose to bring together a nation‚ 13 colonies at the time‚ and unit it’s people as British troops rained down on them. The archives say that “The Declaration announced to the world the separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain and the establishment of the United States of America. It explained the causes of this radical move with a long list of charges against the
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Revolution are the Navigation Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Boston Tea Party‚ and the Coercive Act. These events lead to the American Revolution mainly because the colonists disagreed with the acts and rebelled. Laws the regulated trade between Great Britain‚ its colonies‚ and the other parts of the world were known
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Revolutionary War Project: West Point General George Washington‚ one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America‚ the Continental Army commander‚ and later the first president of the United States of America during the American Revolution declared West Point‚ as “the most important military position in America”[i]. West Point is located in New York‚ along the Hudson River and 50miles from New York City. West Point was a very strategic point during the American Revolution
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were just another part of the empire of Great Britain. As the colonies grew in size‚ they became more self reliant. England did not notice that the colonies were depending less and less on their mother country to supply their needs. King George III had other troubles on his mind. With mounting debt from the Seven Year war hanging over his head‚ the king considered ways to obtain the funds to pay for it. He chose taxing the colonies. After all‚ he had used the money defending their right to
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destroyed British goods during the Boston Tea Party‚ Parliament became highly upset. This lead to the ratification of several laws that were enacted to control the colonies. The Intolerable Acts‚ basically punished all thirteen colonies. This also made the colonists hate Britain even more. In September of 1774‚ men selected from twelve colonies‚ came together to focus ways to combat Britain’s new legislation. This meeting was called the First Continental Congress. John Adams‚George Washington‚Samuel Adams
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on‚ regional differences continued to form‚ most notably in the south‚ where slave labor was very important. 2. The population of the Chesapeake colonies throughout the first half of the seventeenth century was notable for its scarcity of women. 3. During the seventeenth century‚ indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons: a. The Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died in such large numbers
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and tentative independence of the colonies. The French and Indian War had laid groundwork for a revolt from the colonists‚ especially when the British marched to Concord to destroy the weapons stored there and capture two sons of Liberty. During 1775‚ the colonies began believing in their united power against Britain and started to rebel against the harsh taxing and laws that the British enforced. The British were ordered to reinforce these laws and keep the colonies opposition in check. Their ways
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legal documents‚ almanacs‚ newspapers‚ and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. Adding to this hardship was the need for the tax to be paid in British sterling‚ not in colonial paper money. Although this duty had been in effect in England for over half a century and was already in effect in several colonies in the 1750’s‚ it called into question the authority of Parliament over the overseas colonies that had no representation therein. When the news of the passage of this act reached
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this time period. Britain being the mother country to the American colonies‚ used nine different parliament (laws) acts from 1763-1775 to control the American colonies. These Acts were cruel and unusual punishments to the American colonies. It was a way the British Empire could flaunt their power to the American colonies and make them feel powerless on another continent. Britain wanted to make sure that they kept the American colonies stuck in a corner‚ without any way of moving‚ unless it was when
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