American Revolution. The American Revolution lasted from 1775 until 1783. The main causes of the American Revolution include: The Boston Tea Party‚ the Intolerable Acts‚ the First and Second Continental Congress‚ and the Battles of Lexington and Concord. After the war between England and France‚ the British Parliament and King George III decided to apply a tax on tea in order to raise money and pay off their debts. The belief was that colonists would rather pay a tax on their everyday drink than
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Liberty protested unfair taxes imposed by the British crown‚ terrorized British colonial authorities and contributed to the start of the American Revolution. The Sons of Liberty The Sons of Liberty became known as a patriot group founded in the Boston colony. They formed before the American Revolution and independence from Great Britain‚ known first as the Loyal Nine. The Sons of Liberty consisted mainly of merchants‚ artisans‚ lawyers‚ local politicians and tradesmen. They thought it was their
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Directions: As you read pp. 122-145 in Norton‚ A People and A Nation‚ complete the chart below. Be sure to give lots of specific facts and details – people‚ places‚ literature‚ and events – that fully explain the actions taken. PROVISIONS OF EACH BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY THE AMERICAN REACTION TO THE BRITISH POLICY THE BRITISH REACTION TO THE AMERIAN REACTION 1. The Molasses Act (1733): This act placed a high tariff on molasses being imported by colonists from the French West Indies; it was passed
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The coercive acts happened in March 1774 and it happened in Boston‚ Massachusetts. It happened because Parliament wanted to pass a new set of laws to punish the colonists in Massachusetts. The colonists called the new sets of law the Coercive Acts because people were forced to obey the laws. The Coercive was a harsh law that punished the colonists harshly and to punish them further‚ the British stopped the legislature to make any more laws. The colony was under control of the British general and
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fighting & wars. The following events led to the Revolutionary War : The Navigation Acts of 1660‚ The French & Indian War‚ Pontiac’s Rebellion‚ Proclamation of 1763‚ The Sugar Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Declaratory Act of 1766‚ Townshend Act‚ Boston Massacre 1770‚ Boston Tea Party‚ and The Intolerable Acts. On the whole‚ all this traumatic fighting and wars are what we say caused the Revolutionary War. The 12 events listed above occurred for all sorts of reasons. It all started with the Navigation Acts of
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and which they understandably were residing negative and white men were removed from the area Sugar Act 1764 -Refined sugar imported by the colonies Taxed all luxury items like silk‚ and molasses. st 1 Committee of Correspondence in Mass. Boston experimented with Boycotts “No taxation without representation” Colonist were angry by sugar act and many smuggled molasses in. Northern colonies organized protest and other colonies warned royal governors that tax was unfair. Currency Act 1764
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effects on the relationship between England and the colonies. The crown had never directly taxed the colonists before. This caused problems between the Colonists and the British. A few of the major Acts were the Sugar Act‚ Currency Act‚ Stamp Act‚ and Tea Act. The Sugar Act of 1764 was an effort to try and stop the illegal trade between the Colonists and the French and Spanish. The Currency Act was also passed in 1764. The colonists responded to the Sugar Act and
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influential group in organizing the patriots against the British. They protested the Stamp Act early on by hanging a dummy of a British Tax Agent and throwing rocks through the windows of the tax collector’s house. They were also involved in the Boston Tea Party. The Sons of Liberty movement spread throughout the colonies. The group in New York City was especially strong and used violent protests to scare loyalists
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to the war creating much debt for the english in Great Britain they decided to tax the colonists for almost everything causing the colonists to grow very angry and violently rebel and protest to get the different tax laws repealed. The stamp act ‚ tea act ‚ and the townshend act were all created simply to help britain pay off war debts the french and indian war had
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the British. The Boston Tea Party transpired after the increased tax on tea in 1773. Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped barrels of tea over the Boston Harbor. Believing the Native Americans had dumped the tea‚ the British were ready to end trade and fight with the natives. Loyalists informed the British of what the radical colonists had done and the Coercive and Quebec acts were imposed by the British as a consequence. US land was given to Canada and the Boston Harbor was closed
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