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Stamp Act Part 2
colonists refused to buy stamps, they can sent to jail. So the colonists started protesting again. The colonists formed a group called the Sons of liberty. They sometimes used violence to frighten the tax collectors. As a result of people refusing to buy stamps, many colonial courts shut down. -
Stamp Act Part 1
The Stamp Act was another tax system the British made. After the FI war, the British got a huge dept. The Great Britain couldn’t pay all of the dept. It was too much for one government to hold and it was a great loss. So the British government found a new way to tax the colonists with the Stamp Act. Stamp Act was held on 1765. This act required the colonists to pay for an official stamp for any paper-wised material like legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, etc. If the -
Stamp act congress
The Stamp act congress was held on October 19, 1765. Delegates from the nine colonies met in New York and has decided that their trade was suffering from the colonial boycott. So the parliament repealed the Stamp act in 1766.however Parliament were upset that the colonists were against them and challenging them. So they made the Declaratory Act that stated Parliament had rights to make laws and tax the colonists. -
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Townshend acts Part 1
Townshend acts- Townshend act was intended to raise revenue (income) through taxation, it was also a intended punishment against the colonists which was held on June 15th to July 2nd, 1767. The Townshend Acts was named after Charles Townshend, the head, who proposed the program. The Parliament passed the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. To enforce the Townshend Acts, the british officials used writs of assistance. Colonists hated this -
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because the colonial governments lost power. Colonists got angry and responds by not buying british goods(boycotting). Then the Sons of Liberty came through. Tax collectors in Massachusetts took the ship ‘liberty’ which made the ship’s owner and Sons of Liberty mad and attack the houses of customs officials in protest. August 14 1765, an organization called the Sons of Liberty was made in New York. They soon spread throughout the thirteen colonies. Members of the Sons of Liberty communicated -
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with each other and put efforts to resist the British government. The townshend acts was repealed because the colonists boycotted so much that the trade dropped. -
Boston Massacre Part 1
Boston Massacre happened in 1770 March 5th. This was caused by the arguing between the colonists and the British soldiers. The colonists were already mad about all the taxing that the government did for the lead, paint, glass, wine, tea, stamp, etc. Then, the tensions were building between them. Then on March 5th 1770 , some of the school boys started throwing snow balls at the guard(sentry). Then this attracted more crowds. The Captain saw this situation and sent soldiers to help. Fighting -
Boston Massacre Part 2
began to grow larger and a soldier got knocked down. When the soldier got up he fired his musket and led other soldiers to fire theirs too. Five citizens were shot and killed during this. -
Tea Act Part 1
In May 1773, Prime Minister and the British parliament passed the Tea Act. The Tea Act made trading easier.The British East India Company could sell tea directly to the colonists by passing the colonial wholesale merchants. This allowed the company to sell their tea cheaper than the colonists who were selling smuggled tea from Holland. This act revived the issue of taxation without representation. “No taxation without representation”-Many of the colonists believe that Great Britain had no right -
Tea Act Part 2
to tax the colonies at all without popular consent. James Otis said that the power of Parliament was limited. Parliament cannot “take from any man any part of his property, without his consent in person or by representation.” Samuel Adams also agreed with him that Parliament had no rights to tax the colonists without their permission. These two ideas brought up the slogan “No taxation without representation.” The colonies demanded that the British government should remove the tax on tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
When the British repealed the Townshend Acts, they removed all taxes except for tea. This made colonists angry since tea is the number one favorite drink during that time. So, a group of mans calling themselves Sons of Liberty went to the Boston Harbor. They dressed as Mohawk Indians and they were able to board in three of the British ships. When they boarded, the three of the members from Sons of Liberty dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts Part 1
The Intolerable acts was passed on March 31st, 1774. It was the British’s reaction to what happened in the Boston Tea Party. The British responded by passing four laws and these laws were what the colonies called Intolerable Acts. British closed all of Boston's Ports until the colonist's payed for the tea that they destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. They also got rid of the Massachusetts elected government council and replaced it with members that were appointed by the King. They gave -
The Intolerable Acts Part 2
governors ability to control public meeting. British expanded the Quartering Act which led to private houses providing British troops shelter and food. They also prevented the colonies from growing bigger and stronger by passing the Quebec Act which extended Canadian border south all the way to Ohio River. -
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First Continental Congress Part 2
violation of rights, and to provide a plan that would convince the Great Britain to restore rights. And the members of thirteen colonies agreed to boycott British goods and passed resolutions asserting colonial rights. They planned to meet again in May 1775 if British did not change their policies. -
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First Continental Congress Part 1
The First Continental Congress was held on 1774 in Philadelphia and the representatives from each colonies except Georgia discussed about their response to the British’s Intolerable Acts. They discussed their relationship between Britain, and how to show their rights to the British’s government. The purpose of the first continental congress was not to get independence from the Great Britain. Their objectives were first, to show colonial rights to Great britain, identify British Parliament’s -
Battles of Lexington and Concord Part 1
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was held on April 18 1775, and was made up of two battles. The British troops were sent to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams but it led to failure because Dr. Joseph Warren sent Paul Revere to Lexington to alert them. So when the British soldiers reached Lexington, Samuel Adams and John Hancock had already escaped. With out knowing this fact, the British troops planned to take and attack the rebels. However Paul Revere had warned them also, and they were -
Battles of Lexington and Concord Part 2
waiting to attack at Lexington ready to fight. Someone fired a first shot and the battle began. The British killed and wounded many of the Minutemen(rebels) at Lexington. Then, after the battle when the british found out John Hancock and Samuel Adams had escaped, they went to Concord looking for them. When the British troops went looking for weapons in nearby farms, they met a group of minutemen at North Bridge. And there was a big fight, know as the battle of concord, and the minutemen made -
Battles of Lexington and Concord Part 3
the British retreat. Because of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the British troops had lost 273 soldiers, and the Colonists lost 94. "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard 'round the world." This was the shot heard around the war. The poem describes the Battles of Lexington and Concord. -
Second Continental Congress Part 2
accepted that the militia is the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They also elected George Washington as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. -
Second continental congress Part 1
The second continental congress happened on tenth of May, 1775. The members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia including several new delegates which were John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson from Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania. The Second Continental Congress meeting discussed about the battle of Lexington and Concord. The New England militia were still settling outside of Boston trying to get British out of Boston. It also -
George Washington and Continental Army
In 1775, the 15th of June, George Washington was appointed to be the commander in chief of the new Continental Army. He finally accepted to lead it. -
Battle of bunker hill
The battle of bunker hill was on Charlestown Peninsula, northern side of Boston harbor. It was a battle between the british troops of the Boston garrison and the troops of the American Continental Army. There were two thousand four hundred british against one thousand five hundred Americans. Obviously since the Great Britain is one of the largest and strongest country, they had much more people and resources than the Americans. And the battle of bunker hill lead to the British’s victory. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was attempted by the Continental Congress to avoid war with England. It was first wrote by Thomas Jefferson but John Dickinson rewrote it because the language was too offensive. It said that what colonists really want is not independence but they want to get free from taxtation and trading system. -
Common Sense
Common sense is a pan plate written by Thomas Paine. Common Sense was more than 400 pages length and it stated that the colonists needed freedom from Britain including taxation, and legislation. It challenged the British government. -
The declaration of Independence Part 1
The declaration of Independence was announced on July 4th, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was the main person that wrote this Declaration(main writer). He was also the third president of the United states. He represented Virginia in Continental congress. The Declaration of Independence was basically a declaration of the thirteen colonies declaring freedom. They had won the war but has not yet been declared independence. The colonists has been trying the best to stay with Britain by suggesting their -
The declaration of Independence Part 2
suggestion and showing their rights. However the British ignored or refused it. 56 colonists had signed it.
