American colonies. The British parliament passed Acts such as the Declaratory Act‚ the Townshend Act‚ the Tea Act and the Coercive Act that further angered the colonists by making them feel restricted‚ ignored and unfairly treated. 4 1676‚ Charles Townshend‚ new finance minister‚ came up with the Townshend Act. This Act taxed imported British goods‚ paid upon entry of port such as glass tea‚ and paper. Goods that the colonists did not produce themselves. This enraged the
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There were many causes of the American Revolution. If just one of them weren’t to happen‚ America wouldn’t be the same today. The three main events causing the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party and when the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. Although these are only three of the causes that affected America’s Revolution‚ they were the most important ones. To start off‚ all the acts coming from the British to the colonies were the start of the American Revolution. One of
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and documents. Britain made the stamp Act because they needed to fund their armies in America. The final tax act was the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts had three main acts. The first act was the Revenue Act‚ which taxed led‚ glass‚ paint and tea. The second act was a
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conflict that lead the North American colonies on the fight for their independence‚ there were only a few that stuck out to me the most. The Boston Tea party‚ the Intolerable Acts‚ and the First Continental Congress‚ the were major factors in the American Revolution. Without those conflicts‚ America’s fate as a country would be a little different. The Boston Tea party was one of the important messages that got England’s attention that the colonies were headed to a Revolution. A group of radicals‚ from
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story has been over looked. Many schools and teachers don’t teach the story of Paul Revere‚ but in the end‚ the story has a major impact on the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere was born on January 1‚ 1735‚ in Boston Massachusetts. Paul grew up in Boston working for his fathers silversmiths business‚ that would later on be passed down as his own. Paul married Sarah Orne on August 4‚ 1757‚ they had eight children together. While Sarah was giving birth to the eighth child with Paul
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Document 3‚ The Boston Massacre‚ is another example of how the colonists were restricted to many different rights by the British government. The Boston Massacre was a conflict between the colonists and soldiers. The colonists were throwing snowballs‚ sticks‚ and such at the soldiers. More and more colonists began to throw things at the soldiers‚ as of a result the
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acts of 1660; however‚ many other things caused the revolution to happen. Some examples are: The French and Indian war‚ Pontiacs Rebellion‚ the Proclamation of 1763‚ The Sugar act‚ The Stamp act‚ Declaratory acts‚ Townsend acts‚ The Boston “Massacre”‚ Boston tea party‚ and the Intolerable acts. The British king and Parliament created and passed the Navigation acts from‚ 1660 to 1696. This act was the flint that sent the spark for the beginning of the Revolution. It will take many years for America
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the undoubted Right of Englishmen‚ that no taxes be imposed on them‚ but with their own Consent‚ given personally‚ or by their representatives” demonstrated the American support by the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act Congress. (Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress‚ 1765) One key aspect between the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act Congress were that they tried to keep Americans from making their own money. The relationship between the two‚ were that the British wanted all the goods to be imported
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There were four main parts to them: the port of Boston was to be closed until all the spilled tea was paid for‚ any British officer or soldier arrested in the colonies was to be allowed to return to England for his trial‚ all colonists must allow British soldiers into their homes if necessary‚ and no colonists could publicly
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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 regards the Tea Party‚ Boston Massacre‚ and the tarring and feathering of John Malcom in relations to the change from deference to defiance
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