• 1764 - Currency Act Parliament argued that colonial currency had caused a devaluation harmful to British trade. They banned American assemblies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit. • 1764 - Committees of Correspondence Organized by Samuel Adams‚ these helped spread propaganda and information through letters. • 1765 - Quartering Act Britain ordered that colonists were to house and feed British soldiers if necessary. • 1765 - Stamp Act This required tax stamps on many items and documents
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Zinn Chapter 4: Tyranny is Tyranny Main ideas: • By 1760‚ the American colonies had undergone 18 different types of rebellions all aimed at overthrowing colonial governments. By the 1760’s the colonies had birthed capable and educated leaders‚ leaders that would direct the rebellious energy coming from the colonists towards the British. • After the French and Indian war was over‚ the English were more in need of the monetary value that colonies provided‚ and the colonies were less in need of
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Adam Walsh was a young boy whose life got cut short at the age of 6. Adams parent’s names are Reve and John Walsh. “Adam was abducted from Sears in Hollywood‚ Florida on July 27th‚ 1981.”( Web article on msnbc.com) After this incident a lot changed when it came to finding children and John later became famous as being the host of the show “Americas Most Wanted”. Adam went to Sears with his mom that day. They were going to the store to shop for lamps.” The store was approximately one mile from their
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special English stamp on them to be legal). Unrest was in the air now. The colonists were furious about this tax especially as they had no representative in the British Parliament. When ships carrying the stamps arrived in Boston Paul Revere‚ Sam Adams and many other Patriots formed a group named “The Sons of Liberty”. This group marched through the streets protesting the Stamp Act. They must have made
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By the Revolution‚ colonists had established an extent of identity and unity due to salutary neglect‚ communication‚ and incongruous beliefs. The time period from settler’s arrival at Jamestown in 1607 to the French Indian War is known as salutary neglect. England’s loose hold on the colonies allowed for the colonies to flourish economically and socially. Navigation laws created in 1696 and mercantilist policies were not strictly enforced the colonists were able to work their economy and trade
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Not long ago‚ the British government increased their taxes upon us. The British Parliament decided‚ on March 22‚ 1765 to institute a tax on all paper products that we purchase from England‚ and the tax went into effect on November 1‚ 1765. This tax money will be used to pay for defending us in the colonies‚ so they say. Most of my fellow colonists would argue that this tax is unfair because colonial legislatures did not provide approval of the measure. We in the colonies‚ are forced to buy products
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After King Georges war and French and Indian war‚ Britain became a superpower. Has defeated French and Spanish and in return received the largest portion of North American colonies‚ but also had the largest amount of debt after these wars. Because of the debt that was accumulated‚ Britain had since started to control the colonies overseas‚ and imposed several economic acts on the colonies. Great Britain and her North American colonies were economic in origin rather than rooted in political and social
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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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a bargain price. This act enraged the colonists‚ in which made them violently react through the Boston Tea Party. A cluster of men who publicly resisted British authority were called the Sons of Liberty‚ and consisted of leaders Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. The Sons of Liberty had constructed and engaged in a retaliation scheme against Great Britain’s Tea Act‚ through the Boston
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