In the article “The Shoemaker and the Revolution‚” Alfred F. Young analyzes and demonstrates with secondary sources of the events leading to the Revolution. The author’s purpose of the article is to narrate the experience of the ordinary Boston shoemaker‚ George Robert Twelves Hewes‚ during the time before the Revolution. He writes the article to show how the causes of the Revolution impacted the lives of ordinary citizens such as Hewes and the transformation he goes through. The article mainly
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the crowd into a mob. After one club hit a soldier on the head‚ causing him to fall down his gun discharged. The other soldiers fired after him and leaving five dead and more wound. Preston told them specifically not to fire‚ but the soldiers had to act in self-defense. People think that all of the accounts stating that Preston told them not to fire are a lie but I believe not. The soldiers and Captain that fired on March 5th‚ 1770 are in fact not guilty for committing five
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authority and rebel. In the shoemakers case when giving shoe repair to Sergeant Burk; the officer refused to pay. Many colonists were fed up and they wanted to make a change‚ take a stand. Like Hewes did‚ many citizens started to volunteer for rebellious acts such as the night of December 16‚ 1773 also known as the Tea Party. The Boston Massacre was no different. After that happen‚ Hewes and other colonists did not go home in sadness; they went home in anger to only come back and fight for what they believed
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played key roles in The Boston Massacre‚ The Boston Tea Party‚ and the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm. The author believes that Hewes was standing up for the rights of those living in the colonies because British is taxing them under absurd acts because of the debt acquired during the French and Indian War. Hewes was important within the Boston Tea Party because he was chosen to get the keys from the captain needed to get the tea from the storage of the boat. It is said that Hewes worked alongside
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1763‚ the Tea Act‚ and The Sugar Act. In all‚ the
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At the end of the 7 years war started the event that defined a nation‚ The American Revolution.However there are certain events that caused the colonists to get their freedom from the British crown one of which are the Boston Massacre which involved five colonists being killed by british soldiers. As well as The Boston Tea Party where colonists dumped 314 tea barrels into the harbor. And finally the singing of the Declaration of Independence proclaiming freedom once and for all. To begin with was
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and colonists disagreed on were the Proclamation of 1763. One of the many things that the colonists thought needs changed is how the colonies approach war‚ which is why the political cartoon of a snake was made. The stamp act taxed most goods in the colonies. The Quartering Act angered colonists‚ and strengthened distrust between the colonists and the british soldiers. John Dickinson’s letters gave courage to the colonists to protest. The Boston Massacre‚ as Paul Revere painted it‚ was one of the
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principles. Throughout the years of establishment American colonies and British government began to develop many conflicts. From the start of the first English settlement in Jamestown‚ to the English Civil War‚ French and Indian War‚ the Declaratory Act‚ Boston Massacre‚ all built up to the final and main cause of the American Revolution‚ which was the battle of Lexington and Concord. ------------------------------------------------- When Jamestown was first founded only 104 men had endured the
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understanding of the American Revolution was limited to the disturbance created by the British troops‚ but after viewing this film my understanding has extended to believe that colonists had triggered these reactions from British Parliament. The Stamp Act‚ a decision made by British Parliament‚ was to impose taxes on the colonies in order to gain more money‚ because England was in need for it. The Americans viewed this as British Parliament obtaining their power over American’s liberty (“Boston‚ Bloody
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After the French and Indian war‚ a huge debt weighed heavily upon Great Britain. In attempt to repay these debts‚ Britain imposed several Acts that greatly affected the American colonies. Many issues arose from both taxing the colonist and how the colonies were represented in the Parliament. This in turn caused difference of opinion between both the British government and the American colonies. On one hand‚ the Parliament wanted ultimate control over issues and decisions made. While on the other
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