...University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-War Event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | | |French and Indian war was a conflict between Great Britain and France that had |They had refused to help pay for Britain’s war debt and they also refused to follow the | |French and Indian War|resulted in Britain taking over all of French lands in North America. |mandate on where they could settle or with whom they could trade with. | | |The Sugar Act was passed by the English Parliament to offset the war debt |The Sugar Act was the first of Acts passed. It was an Act that the King had passed, to | |Sugar Act |brought by the French and Indian War and to help pay for the expenses of running|increase money in the pay of colonists. That money would go to British Government, and | | |the colonies and newly acquired territories. This act increased the duties on |was one of the taxes that made the colonists rebel against England. | | |imported sugar and other items such as coffee, indigo, wines and textiles. | ...
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...Jake Mirto Mr. Sweeney U.S. History 10/27/15 Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution began in 1775 and was an effect of British tension with the colonies. The American Revolution started because of the mistreatment of the colonies by Britain. Economic and political tensions led the British and the colonists to war. Colonies wanted to be independent from Britain and the colonists felt they deserved to be living better than the condition they were already in with the British. There were many outbreaks that led to the colonies for independence and causes of why the American Revolution broke out. The causes of the American Revolution were the Treaty of Paris, war debt, new taxes, the First Continental Congress, and the seization of Bunker Hill. After the French and Indian War, France had to leave North America because they signed the Treaty of Paris. The British got rid of the French and gained more land. Colonists in 1763 wanted to move west up the Appalachian Mountains. English people wanted to expand, but Native Americans were already living there. So the British passed the Proclamation of 1763, which stated that all colonist must stay east of Appalachian Mountain and not move west. This really benefit...
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...Goals of the war The goals of the war are to gain wealth and also to gain more authority, territory, and the influence of the states. First continental congress The first continental congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. Breed's Hill The place which the battle of bunker hill took place and where they store the weapon for the battle. And going to cross of the boston harbor and fight their way up. The Battle of Bunker Hill On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their...
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...University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-war event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another |The French and Indian War helped lead to the Revolutionary War in two ways. | | |chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s | | | |expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims |First funding this war lead to a huge national debt for Great Britain, which they felt | | |of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British |the Americans should help pay. Parliament decided to service the debt by passing the | | |declaration of war in 1756. Boosted by the financing of future Prime Minister |stamp act, a terrible failure that angered citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, which | | |William Pitt, the British turned the tide with victories at Louisbourg, Fort |started the rift...
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...valuable land. Washington was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia in 1754. He fought the first battles of what became the French and Indian War. This conflict occurred because Britain and France both strove to occupy the upper Ohio Valley. As an aide to General Edward Braddock, Washington barely escaped injury when four bullets ripped through his coat. He also had two horses shot out from under him. His experiences in the French and Indian War taught him the skills to be a great military leader; skills he would later need and use in the fight for independence from England. From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon. He also served in the Virginia House of Burgesses for 16 years. The House of Burgesses was the governing body in the colonies before the Revolution. By 1774, Washington, along with other Virginia burgesses, was opposed to the excessive taxes the British imposed on the colonists. The burgesses proposed a continental congress be held to take the place of the Virginia assembly, which was under the direction of the British-appointed Governor. Washington was appointed chairman of this meeting that resulted in the forming of the First Continental Congress. It was created to show a united front when expressing their upset with the new laws passed by the British Parliament that affected the colonies. Like his fellow planters, Washington felt the British merchants were taking advantage of...
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...The American Revolutionary War and the Mexican Revolutionary War There are many similarities dealing with these Revolutionary Wars such as fighting for independence, fighting against a European power, and the achievements from the fighting. No one ever wants to fight battles, lose love ones, and be away from ones family for months on end. These particular wars involved both the 13 colonies of America and the citizens of Mexico They thought their fighting was for a good cause and most were willing to die for their belief of that cause. A revolution is a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system (Webster, Merriam). These wars had similarities and differences, which the similarities out weighted the differences. The Americans and the Mexicans both fought European powers over freedom. The king or president, at that time, is one of the major parts as to the beginning of the revolutionary wars. The king just looked at the English colonies as a way to make extra money. The Colonies felt they, the Americans, deserved all the rights of Englishmen (“Causes of the American Revolution”). The Mexicans were under a dictator, which let money and power be his demise. During...
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... |reclaim the Americas after severeal defeats. The French returned to join the American | | | |Colonists to defeat the Brtitish which led to American independence. | |Sugar Act |On April 5, 1764, the parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and |The Sugar Act had disrupted the colonial economy by reducing the markets to which the | | |Molasses Act of 1733, and this act was about to expire. Under the Molasses or |colonies could sell, and the amount of currency available to them for the purchase of | | |Sugar Act colonial merchants were required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon |British manufactured goods. This act, in addition to the Currency Act, set the stage for | | |on the importation of foreign molasses. |the revolt at the imposition of the Stamp Act. | |Stamp Act |This act is very similar to that of the Sugar Act was passed on March 22, 1765 |Contribution to the revolutionary act was one of the first internal imposed tax act upon | | |by the British Parliament. This new tax was imposed on all American colonists |the American colonists which...
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...Great rivalry, as well as tension, persisted between the British Empire and France during The Seven Years War. Afterwards, American colonists felt proud of themselves in their effort during the war. America was told they were going to become a mighty empire, however, not an independent one, which led to a Revolution. This Revolution resulted in the Declaration of Independence from England, and the creation of a new Nation. Not long after, Americans fought a second one for Independence, due to the fact that Americans still felt restrictions being placed on them by the British, and that their Independence was not as it should have been. Some may say that the war was unnecessary, however, these occurrences were inevitable. At first, the relationship...
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...When people talk about the Revolutionary War almost anyone can name a few battles. In this paper I will look into three key battles: Battle of Lexington/Concord, Battle of Bunker Hill and the Battle of The Chesapeake Capes or Yorktown. “ The American revolution did not begin with the ‘shot heard round the world.” It started when tens of thousands of angry patriot militiamen ganged up on unarmed officials and overthrew British authority throughout all of Massachusetts outside Boston.”(Ray Raphael p. 69) Before we begin to understand the battles of the Revolutionary War we must first look into some of the causes. One main cause happened more than two-hundred years before anyone even thought of an independant America, that was the colonization...
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...University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-war event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|The seven years wars from 1756 to 1763. |Debt.. | |Sugar Act |Also known as the American Revenue Act passed in 1764. Put taxes on sugar and |The taxe were too high. | | |molasses. | | |Stamp Act |The act which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. |Caused rebellion and lead to the Townshed Act. | |Townshend Acts |The act imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imports into the |Caused rebellion and riots on both sides of the atlantic. | | |colonies. | ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-war event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War| | | |Sugar Act |Was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British parliament |It helped to ignite the Revolution by enraging the American colonists | |Stamp Act |Imposed tax on all paper documents in the colonies |It strained relations with the colonies which rose in armed rebellion against the British| |Townshend Acts |Imposed duites on glass, lead, paints,paper and tea imported into the colonies. |Americans viewed this as abuse of power, resulting in the passage of agreements to limit | | | |imports from Britain. | |Tea Act |To raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India |Colonists boarded...
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...The American and French Revolutions had a common goal. Compare and contrast the causes and practices of the American and French Revolution. Throughout human history, few have always controlled the lives of many. This case still exists today, as governments consisting of a few hundred people attempt to do what is best for millions of others. However, the public through an electoral process most commonly selects these decision-makers. These decision-making individuals were not always selected by the public, and in some such instances, the few that ruled over others were overthrown after their actions earned the discontent of the people. Both the American Revolution and the French Revolution can be grouped as these events. In both the American and French Revolution, the ruler was regarded as a tyrant and overthrown for the benefit of the public. Although the aims of the two revolutions were quite similar, there were many differences between them. The American Revolution and the French Revolution can be categorized as events where rulers were overthrown due to their actions; however, no matter how similar the causes, there are many differences between the events of the two revolutions. The French-Indian War of 1754 was a war between the British and the French to gain control over North American colonies. The British eventually defeated the French but owed a great debt and expected the colonies to help pay for the cost of the war. The British wished to cut down on costs in its North...
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...Because February is Black History month I will be doing my research paper on the lives four blacks and what effect they had on American History. I will start out by asking the question, why most American history books don’t cover in written the history of individual black’s involvement in shaping of American in greater detail. The Two topics I will be covering are the Revolutionary War and The Civil War as far what blacks’ involvement. The first three paragraphs of this research paper will cover the events and history of three African Americans whose importance was not greatly covered during the Revolutionary War section of this book. I also am writing researching Mary Elizabeth Bowser, a free black woman. I will discuss what she during...
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...Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. Pre-War Event Description Contribution to the Revolutionary War French and Indian War This is the name American gave this war; this war was between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. This war was also known as the seven year war, in Great Britain it was known as King William's War or Queen Anne's War. With the end of the French & Indian War in 1763, the British government felt that the American colonies should cover a percentage of the cost associated with their defense. So the Parliament began passing a series of taxes designed to raise funds to offset this expense. Sugar Act The Sugar Act was passed in 1764. The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. The Parliament wanted the money to help provide more security for the colonies. The Sugar Act made the people in the colonies pretty upset. If they only traded with Britain, they would not be able to sell their goods for as much. Some leaders in the colonies started to boycott, or to quite buying, British goods. Stamp Act The bill was passed on February 17, approved by the Lords on March 8th and weeks later ordered in effect by the King. The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. They need to get some of their money back after the French and Indian War. The colonies...
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...Professor Kodi Roberts African American History 09 October 2012 African Americans and the Revolutionary War The American Revolution, also known as the Revolutionary War, was a significant event that changed the whole world. Although the Revolutionary War lasted only for eight years, the American Revolution started developing years before the first shots at the battle of Lexington and Concord were fired. African-Americans joined the Revolutionary War, because the principles underlying the revolution implied the end of slavery and granting of rights for them. American historian Benjamin Quarles, understood the African-American community's need for equality and freedom. Around 5,000 African-Americans served as soldiers in the Continental Army and about 20,000 in the British Army. The Revolutionary War was a blessing in disguise for many African-Americans, as it paved the way to freedom from slavery and helped them to embark on their journey towards equality and civil rights. At the start of the war General George Washington did not want African Americans to fight in the military. In November of 1775 Lord Dunmore, the Governor of Virginia, promised freedom to any slave, owned by a rebelling colonist that fought for the British. This caused many slaves to escape to the side of the British. The Americans still did not let slaves fight with them. As time passed and the Americans lost many soldiers, some of the colonies began to let slaves enlist in1778. Virginia did not let slaves...
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