well-known event‚ the Boston Tea Party was only one cause of the Revolutionary War‚ there were many other events that led the two nations down the path that ended with the Revolutionary War. England began the path to war with the Proclamation Act of 1763 and continued to pass many other acts and laws that the colonists did not agree with and caused reactions that served to anger England. There were many causes that led to the Revolutionary War starting with the French and Indian War and ending with
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The Causes of the American War of Independence There a many different views as to why there was an American War of Independence‚ but I think that it was not just one cause‚ but several‚ that set this particular bomb ticking. There are several explanations‚ this is the first. The colonists were against paying more tax‚ so much so‚ that they argued fiercely enough to annul the tax on everything but tea. However‚ this is a weak argument‚ especially as the tax wasn’t that much. I think that it is more
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Chapter 6 1. Samuel de Champlain a. Soldier and explorer whose energy and leadership earned him the title “Father of the New France” b. He entered into friendly relations with the nearby Huron Indian tribes and at their request‚ he joined them in battle against the federated Iroquois c. After two volleys from the rifles‚ they scared off the terrified Iroquois and thus earned the enmity of the Iroquois 2. Quebec d. Granite sentinel commanding the St. Lawrence River
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The French and Indian War culminated in the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ which would end French power in North America and British power would reign over North America east of the Mississippi River (Tindall). The French and Indian War‚ also called The Seven Years ’ War‚ nearly doubled Britain ’s national debt and post-war expenses were expected to remain high because the government decided in early 1763 to keep ten thousand British regular soldiers in the American colonies (Stamp Act). The primary
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Chapter 4 Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle For Independence‚ 1763- 1783 The Rising Expectation of the African Americans and the struggle for Independence was a great thing for blacks they started rise up over slavery‚ they made a big impact in the wars‚ and they got the Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson. I. The Crisis of the British Empire 1) The Great struggle. 2) The two empires Great Britain and France. 3) The independence movement and the
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Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution 1763-1775 The Deep Roots of Revolution The New World natured new ideas about government‚ citizen‚ and society unlike the Old World were they wouldn’t bother trying to change their social status. Republicanism‚ giving the stability of society and the authority of government to the citizens‚ and Whig ideas‚ defending against corruption of the representatives in parliament‚ were in the minds of the American Colonist by the mid-eighteenth century. Mercantilism and
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in 1763 but soon after a greater conflict‚ one between the colonies and its mother country began to brew. Despite the renewed sense of British pride in colonists after the victory‚ American and British tensions during the war‚ the oppressive way Britain treated the colonists after the war‚ and the colonists emerging sense of American identity tarnished the relationship between the American Colonies and their mother country. The Americans might have seen themselves as British‚ but after 1763 Britain
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Boston Massacre 1770 The British Soldiers Boston Tea Party 1773 King George 3 Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 Captain J. Parker Battle of Saratoga 1777 General Burgoyne Battle of Yorktown 1787 George Washington Invention of the Cotton Gin 1793 Eli Whitney Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty 1765-1776 Created in protest of the Stamp Act John Adams 1797-1801 2nd president of the United States of America Vice President
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Paris 1763 • France gave Quebec to British and gave Louisiana to Spain B. The other colonies grow discontented • Other effects of the War- Causes bitterness and hostility- colonist didn’t want to work together- British saw colonist as lower class‚ backwoods‚ crud‚ savages‚ and etc. Colonist saw British as stuck up and disrespectful people. • Pontiac’s rebellion (1763)-Massive attacks from Native Americans on Colonist- Nativestrying not to lose their lands to them. • Proclamation of 1763- no settlement
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over their destinies. The Crown decided to tax the colonies in an attempt to regain their losses‚ besides in the process they would gain a better understanding of exactly with which countries the colonies traded. The Privy Council‚ the Proclamation of 1763‚ and the Sugar Act of 1764 (all of which I put in my discussion post) were the first three acts of the Crown to go into effect. The colonists were irritated over the new laws‚ although they soon found methods to avoid the first two and the third raised
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