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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The French and Indian War marked a major turning point in American relations with Great Britain. Before the war‚ there was a period of neglect/disinterest with Britain and the colonies. Great Britain only seemed to be interested in the colonies maintaining the mercantilist policies and did not care for how the colonies decided how to govern/run themselves. After the war‚ there were major changes on the relations between the colonies and Great Britain in terms of British involvement in the colonies
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Patrick Henry’s argument on declaring independence on Great Britain and going to war was an inspiring speech that has shined a new light on the subject of whether to declare independence or stay loyal to a country that has done us more harm than good and has ultimately led me to become a rebel. I have become a rebel for two main reasons‚ our petitions that they have not noticed were an attempt at peace and the mistreatment from the last ten years. To start‚ petitions had not been productive whatsoever
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that it was about time for the colonists to pay for their war costs. So‚ they passed a series of laws imposing taxes on the colonists. The last part of the Navigation Acts‚ the Molasses Act‚ was enacted very soon after the war ended. The Molasses Act demanded a 6 pence tax from the colonists for every gallon of molasses. This act angered the colonist to no end because it restricted trade and hurt the rum industry (of which molasses was a bit
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A few years before this‚ many incidents occurred which prodded colonists to rise up against the tyrannical British Parliament‚ one of such events was the event known as the Boston Massacre. This event occurred on March 5‚ 1770. A squad of British soldiers‚ come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling‚ snowballing crowd‚ let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. The British officer in charge‚ Capt. Thomas Preston was arrested
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the locals so they decided to tax the colonists across the sea. The parliament passed a series of laws‚ which included the Stamp Act‚ Townshend Acts‚ and the Tea Act. These laws were the root cause of the revolutionary war. After the Boston Tea Party the parliament grew angry and put the government of Massachusetts under military control. After passing the Coercive act the colonist were more determined to fight back. After all the violence has ended congress issued the Declaration of Independence
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colonials‚ as did the Sugar and Stamp acts of 1764 and 1765. The events‚ especially the passing of the two tax acts‚ presented the colonies with a large economic problem‚ and helped unite the colonies in uprising against it. As tensions increased between colonial American and Britain‚ the colonists became more and more united in their cause. One event that had a large impact‚ causing a long reaction chain to occur was the passing of the Townshend Acts in 1767. The act put a light import duty on glass
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lost while the war was going on. King George III and the British parliament decided to issue a tax on the colonies that would allow them to regain what they had lost. In 1764‚ the Sugar Act was passed. The sugar act was a way for smuggling trade in sugar and molasses to cease. The colonies were angry about this act being passed because of how
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Quakers remained in the colonies only to find themselves subjected to the wartime passions of both sides. Quakers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere joined most colonists in opposing the British taxation policies of the 1760s and 1770s. The Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Duties of 1767 occasioned protests‚ including strict boycotts of British goods. As the poet Hannah Griffitts wrote‚ Quakers would "Stand firmly resolved & bid [English Minister George] Grenville to see/That rather than
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Before the Seven Year’s War broke out‚ between the early 1740s and 1750s‚ a widespread Christianity revival movement in the colonies known as the “Great Awakening” introduced to the Americans the right to freely choose their own religious association and also stimulated a social reform. It had altered the mindsight of the Americans by giving them the freedom to choose what to believe and what religious practices to follow. It was the very first step they had to making their own choices‚ united together
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