A Colonial Family’s Reaction to the Stamp Act By: Melissa Bourne Address: 8517 Barrett Hall Lane‚ Wake Forest‚ North Carolina‚ 27587 Phone number: (919)-801-5712 School: Rolesville Middle School 8th Grade The Stamp Act played a big part in turning colonists against the British. The Stamp Act placed a stamp duty on common documents. It taxed things like newspapers‚ legal documents‚ commercial documents‚ and even playing cards. It forced them to pay a tax on every piece of paper they used
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Valley Forge Decision A cold wind blows around my small cramped cabin at Valley Forge. I can hear the rapid breathing of the other soldiers as they try to keep warm. My 9 month term ends in just a few days. I joined the army after hearing about the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Of course‚ the army wasn’t even created until 1775. I have decided not to reenlist into the army. I have decided to leave for three main reasons. The first is that the living conditions of the camp are awful. My second reason
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The American Revolution was one of the bloodiest wars that we had in America and a lot of American soldiers and citizens died in the war.The American Revolution was not justified because the colonists started tarring and feathering the tax man‚ the British started taxing the colonists in not the right process‚ and the British say Parliament can do anything they want with the colonists. This explains that the colonists did non-professional things and the British did to because feathering the tax man
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The American colonists were justified in fighting a war to break away from Britain for many reasons. Mostly‚ they felt they were being treated unfairly by the British as Parliament was taking away their liberties. They wanted their complete freedom. Parliament was passing legislation that was increasingly taking away their freedoms including the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act. According to an October 7‚ 1765 article from the Boston-Gazette newspaper (document 3)‚ it was the duty of the colonists
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Woody Holton uses several supporting arguments from this chapter to prove the main argument. How the Indians threatened to combine forces with all the Indians tribes to the west of the colonies to unify against the expansion of the Americans into the land they have controlled for many years before the first explorers. However‚ Holton points out one piece of land that ties specifically to the main topic of debate between the colonists and the Indians‚ which was an important piece of land for many
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Revolutionaries were right for leaving Great Britain Revolutionaries also known as patriots / colonist‚ are the people who fought to get out of Britain’s rule. While as a loyalist or often called "royalist" remained faithful to the British crown. Revolutionaries and loyalist had a rivalry‚ because they weren’t on the same page during the revolutionary war. One side wanted freedom (Revolutionaries) and the other didn’t(loyalist). Patriots were right for leaving Britain for many reasons. Colonist
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Events that led to the Boston Tea Party: After the English won the French and Indian war in 1763‚ the King passed the Sugar Act (a set a tax on sugar and molasses)‚ the Stamp Act (a set tax on all legal papers)‚ and the Townshend Acts (taxes on glass‚ paint‚ oil‚ lead‚ paper‚ and tea.) The reason for passing these acts was to make up for all the money lost during the war and to pay for future costs. The colonists saw this as useless‚ and refused to pay the taxes set on certain items. The British
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The Great Awakening impacted the people in the 13 American colonies. Settlers were encouraged to disregard sectarian differences which brought religious‚ political‚ and cultural unity among the colonies. However‚ some churches divided into factions based on class ranks; for instance‚ “Old Sides” among Presbyterians and “Old Lights” among Congregationalist. Revivalism later resounded as “New Sides” and “Old Lights”. This event undermined traditional views of authority which contributed to the development
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It pretty much depends on what side you are. I would not blame them if they were the freedom fighters and fought and stand for freedom of their country‚ or they were protecting their right‚ which somewhat they were. Theoretically‚ they were both terrorists and patriots‚ but a British citizen would more likely emphasize at the terrorist side of it. Besides‚ looking back at the British empire during the age of Discovery and British colonization. If a British citizen thinks that the Sons of Liberty
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The French and Indian War: Connection to the American Revolution By: Davion Daniels Introduction The American Revolution was the war between the Americans and the French against the British for their land and independence. The French and Indian War was the war for American soil between the Colonies of Britain and New France. The French and Indian war impacted the British and the Colonies in terms of global connections‚ governance‚ civic ideals and practices‚ and economics; all of which are four
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