A revolution is an overthrow of a government in favor of a new system. When the citizens of a nation, state, or even city want a change in their society they take it to a higher court, but when the change doesn't occur revolutions can break out. The American and French revolutions had many similarities like battles, leaders, and rights. The American revolution and French revolution had very many similarities. To start off, both of the revolutions had battles. The American Revolution was about America
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On November 28, 1773, three ships had arrived in Boston, Massachusetts carrying over 90,000 pounds of tea. The boat had passed through customs and the tea had sat, unloaded, on the boat until December 16, 1773. On December 16, 1773, 100 – 150 men dressed up as Mohawk Indians boarded the ships and threw the tea into the harbor. This became widely known as the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party made England furious which convinced Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable
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at a group of innocent looking group of protesters, at command of a general behind the line of soldiers. This shows that the poster is trying to make the British look like killers. In the Propaganda poster number two, it is a poster of the Boston Tea Party and it is in the eyes of a patriot. The poster depicts a group of patriots taking a loyalist customs official, and dumping hot tar and feathers on him. Then they are drowning
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officially states that the thirteen colonies in war are declaring their Independence and breaking free from the British law. The King wanted to raise taxes. The colonies didn’t like the king’s unfair laws and how he treated people. He stopped transporting tea to the colonies. The colonies were not free and the king ruled over them. This document says that the King of England can not rule over the colonies anymore. King George the III of Great Britain ruled at the time the colonies adopted the Declaration
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How the Seven Years War changed history How the Seven Years War started the American Revolutionary War? Even though the British won the war they became deep in debt doing it. To minimize that debt the British though it was appropriate to tax the colonies which cause an uprise in events. The colonists were upset and thought that it was unfair that they weren’t included in this and made sure others knew about it. The British taxed resources, started a rebellion, and gave the colonists say in undergoing
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The Revolutionary War The Patriots are the people who wanted American colonies to be free from Britain. The Loyalists are people who stayed British citizens. As well, I feel if I was in the Revolutionary War I would choose to be on the Patriots side. Not only did the British have no right to tax the Patriots but they took away their right. The war gave Great Britain a huge local gather in North America, however disagreements about paying the war costs and eventually
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1760s”(American Revolution) The colonies resented the tax which is why the boston tea party incident happened.”On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, led by Samuel Adams, planned to show Parliament how they felt about the Tea Act. They boarded the British ship Dartmouth docked in Boston Harbor. dressed up as Indians,and dumped the entire load of tea into the water. This event came to be known as the Boston Tea Party.”( American Revolution for Kids) The Battle of Trenton was when the
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Boston tea party The article I researched was the Boston tea party and I found a lot of interesting information. The Boston tea party was when patriot went over to the ships cracked open the crates of tea and poured the tea into the boston harbor. The tea party happened December 16, 1773 and it was at griffin’s wharf. No people died during the tea party. There were a lot of people watching while it happened but nobody cooperated after it happened when people were asking questions. Before the tea
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Acts which put a tax on paper, paint, lead, glass and tea. In 1766, the Declaratory Act was passed and it declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures. In 1773, there was a huge rebellion when the Tea Act came to be, even though this act made tea cheaper than before. The Sons of Liberty protested against the Tea Act by dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. All in all, the enforcement of
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fallen into the comfort of routine. His wilder years were far behind him and now and there was not much substance to find to fill out his day. But Martin didn’t mind. He was content with the bounds he had struck. He knew what he liked - Earl Grey tea with milk and a single spoonfull of sugar, Led Zeppelin and solving the sudokus on the back of the newspaper every day. But most of all, Martin liked his wife. “She is nice” he would think to himself after gesturing a friendly goodbye through the kitchen
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