...The Revolutionary War was the conflict between Great Britain’s 13 colonies and the British government. One of the causes was The Boston Tea Party, which was the protest against taxation on tea, and took place on the night of December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams and The Sons of Liberty boarded three ships, dressed as Indians, and threw 342 containers of tea overboard. Another cause is The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War. This was the conflict between Britain and France in the colonies for rights to the Ohio River Valley. The last cause is The Boston Massacre, which was a squabble that took place on March 5, 1770, between a “patriot” mob and a squad of British soldiers. All of these causes made more...
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...Following the Seven Years’ War the British government faced many problems. The Seven Years’ War was a war between Britain and France and as well as their allies (the colonies for the British and most Indians for France). The Seven Years’ War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The Treaty of Paris recognized that the British government won the war and that the French have lost. In order to compensate, the French had to give up its territories to both Spain and the British government. Spain gained the Louisiana territory and the British government gained all of the territory the French had, east of the Mississippi River and parts of Canada. This led to one of the problems that the British government faced after the Seven Years’ War, with the new territory who would occupy and govern them. Another more prominent issue the British faced is a financial problem, a huge debt. To solve this problem the British government decide to tax the colonies....
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...representation, the boycotts of British goods, and the Boston Tea Party, as examples. But the tensions that led the American colonists to wage war against Britain had existed over a century before the first battles and involved a series of different gripes with the government besides taxation. Over the course of a hundred years, the colonies grew distrustful and disdainful towards their government, and increasing violence in the 1770s finally led to the Revolutionary War. Many people erroneously believe that the causes for the American Revolution stem from the colonists having a different cultural identity than the British. American colonists in the 18th century saw themselves as English, not American, and emulated British clothing, architecture, and etiquette in a process called Anglicization. Furthermore, there was no united “American” identity between the thirteen colonies at the time. Each region “had developed...
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...Appendix B Causes of the Revolution 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 | | |The war was battled among the colonies of British America and New France, with |The Americans helped the British and overcome the French with some Indian tribes. | |French and Indian War|both sides reinforced by armed units from their parent countries of Great |Nevertheless, the British began seriously taxing and modifying the American colonies | | |Britain and France, as well as Native American supporter. |after the War. The Americans were used to leading themselves. This began a twisting | | | |effect the British making more laws and the Americans causing more uprising that | | | |eventually led to the Revolution. | | |This put taxes on sugar and on molasses. The French and Indian War lead to this |Because of all the taxation it lead the colonist to revolt, which...
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...The Boston Tea Party was a protest made by a political group called the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773, and was a key event leading to the American Revolutionary War. The Tea Party is where the colonists started the violent part of the revolution. It was the first attempt made by the colonists of the “New World” to rebel against the British government, for their freedom and independence. It was there that all the colonists realized that they were being mistreated by the British government and it was an important step leading to the American war of Independence. When the English won the French-and-Indian War (Seven-year War). The king of Britain at the time, King George III passed taxes on the American colonies to make up for...
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...The French and Indian War was a key factor in sparking the American Revolution. It set the stage for the colonial rebellion. There were also occurrences during the war and after that further impacted the resolution of the American colonies to revolt. The Revolution didn’t happen in a day; it was the result of numerous events that gradually caused the colonists to be more and more indignant towards British rule. The French and Indian War-also called the Seven Years’ War-started in 1756 and ended in 1763. Even though the British were victorious, gaining a large amount of territory, their triumph increased trouble with the thirteen colonies. The war expenses were enormous, and so Great Britain endeavored to impose taxes upon the colonists. The Sugar Act, Revenue Act, and the Stamp Act were put into effect. This only succeeded in intensifying the colonist’s resentment towards the British attempts to make larger their imperial authority. The subjects in the American colonies had become accustomed to running their own affairs, thus they were getting ever more impatient....
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...Parliament versus the American Colonists Britain, along with its colonists fought in the Seven Years’ War against France in attempt to win over land in the colonies. The battle raged for seven years and ended with a peace treaty between the two forces with Britain reigning victor. At the end of the war, Britain’s national debt doubled from €72 million to €132 million, much less than the debt of the thirteen colonies (Boyer 129). In attempt to reestablish control over the colonies as well as repay their debts, Parliament enacted new laws in the colonies. Many colonists argued the laws were unfair and unjust so rebellions were commonly formed. American colonists’ resentment of Parliament grew as unfair laws were put in place following the 7 year’s war. The Quartering Acts, increase in violence, and the Intolerable Acts all drew a wedge between Parliament and the colonists....
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...Have you ever imagined what it’d be like to live during the American Revolution? Well, at first it was peaceful, until the unfair taxation and fighting broke out. Included in this all are the following; The Navigation acts, The French and Indian war, Pontiac’s Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763, The sugar act, The stamp act, The Declaratory act, The Townsend act, The Boston massacre, The Boston tea party, And the Intolerable acts. It was a time of chaos for the colonists. The first thing that happened was the Navigation act. The Navigation act of 1660 Was the Navigation act that bad? Yes, yes it was. The Navigation act of 1660 was the first act passed on the colonies. It made it so colonists had to use English ships when they...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix B Causes of the Revolution 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|Lasted from 1756-1763 and was the bloodiest American war in the 18th century and took more|The disagreement caused the colonists to believe that they would be looked at by the | | |lives that the American Revolution. It involved people on three different continents |British as one colony instead of separate colonies. The people resented any efforts | | |including the Caribbean. This was a clash between the French and the English over |from the British. | | |territory and wealth. The war was also known as The Seven Years War. For the first three | | | |years of the war, the outnumbered French dominated the battlefield, soundly defeating the | | | |English in battles at Fort Oswego and Ticonderoga. Perhaps the most notorious battle...
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...the decline of monarchical power among other things. He is quite well known for directing his country through both the Seven Year's War, known in the colonies as the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution. Background and Early Reign: George III was born on May 24, 1738 in London to Prince Frederick of Wales. When Frederick died in 1751, it left young George the heir apparent to the throne of England. He officially became King George III when George II, his grandfather, died in 1760. Prince George III rose to the throne during the 4th year of the Seven Year's War. The first few years of his reign...
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...Boston Tea Party The Boston tea party is an event in which the American colonist protested against the British parliament right to raise taxes. The Boston Tea party occurred on december 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor. On this date Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty along with a group of angry colonists dressed up as native americans boarded three of the british merchant ships. Tired of the british taxes the colonist wanted to send a message to the british and destroyed the merchandise. In this case over 300 chest of tea by throwing to the sea. The reason that cause this event was the taxation on many british products especially tea for over thirteen years. The event is know as The boston tea party now and it lead to the American Revolution. Stamp Act The stamp act was a law passed by the british parliament on the colonies that took place march 22,...
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...The French and Indian War took place between 1754 and 1763. The name may be misleading as the French and Indian War was not actually a war betweens the Indians and the French. Instead, it was a war between the French, along with their Indian allies, and the British. It was a result of land disputes in North America and The Seven Years War between the French and the British. In the beginning, the British Army were losing the war and the French were about to defeat them. But the colonists, who the British thought were inferior, came to their aid and together, defeated the French. The origins behind the American Revolution were ultimately the taxes levied on the colonies. These, along with several acts and proclamations, angered the colonists...
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...History 201 6 February 2016 The French and Indian War, or known as the Seven Year War, raged from 1754 to 1763. The French and Indian War was fought in America, Europe, the West Indies, Philippines, Africa, and the ocean. Eventually, it lead to the American Revolution. “The Seven Year’ War was a seven-seas war” (107). This war permanently shifted the global balance of power. It began because Britain felt they needed to prevent the French from gaining control over trade and territories that the British felt was theirs. This war turned extremely expensive and contributed to conflict among British and American colonies. At the end of the war, King George was in debt 140 million. This then caused tax to rise. Raging colonist began to rebel due to the excessive taxation on Tea, Stamps and Sugar. Beginning with the Tea Act of 1773, this was one of the several taxes imposed on the American colonist due to indebted British government. Typically the Tea Tax is mistaken to be thought of as something the government did to raise revenue… but it wasn’t. Its main purpose was to bail out the East India Company. The British government places a company monopoly on the importation and sale of tea to the colonies. The colonist did not accept this duty and quickly resulted to the Boston Tea Party. Not clear at the time, but this was one of history’s most influential events. “Disguised Indians boarded the docked ships and smashed 342 chests of tea” (125). American colonist no longer supported increased...
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...from the British government and form their own independent government. The American Revolutionary War was a result of the colonies being fed up with the laws being passed upon them and how they were being treated by the British government. There were many events that led up to the colonies wanting to break from the British government. Some of the events that led to this uprising, to only name a few, included The French and Indian War (part of the Seven Years’ War), the Boston Tea Party, and the Boston Massacre. There were also many individuals that helped cause the revolution and there were those that helped lead the colonists in their victorious separation from the British government. The French and Indian War was the start of the colonists beginning to become fed up with how the British government was governing them. The war resulted in the British gaining more land in North America, but it also resulted in the British government becoming more demanding and more controlling when it came to the American colonists and their lives (Hewitt and Lawson, 131). During this war, it did not look like the British were going to win. They lost many wars in North America. And when it looked like France would win this war, the British government put a new person in charge of their war efforts, William Pitt. Pitt placed more soldiers and more weapons in North America. With Pitt’s direction, the war began to turn around and with the help of General James Wolfe, the British gained control of Quebec...
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...King George III ascended to the throne in 1760, and early in his reign enjoyed victory in the Seven Years War. However, this war led to a great debt, and in the following years, the American colonists were made to pay a great deal of it. The colonists did not object to the amount they were taxed; rather, they questioned Parliament's right to tax them without them having any representation in Parliament. However, the King's decisions and staunch support of his cabinet's and Parliament's authority culminated in another war. The Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts all had a negative impact on the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies, fostering...
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