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Proclamation,Sugar Act, Stamp Act
Year 1776, the proclamation everything was pretty much expensive regarding to stationing troops. In 1764 The rich merchants paid devious amount of taxes mainly on molasses and sugar then soon started to execute what they were doing, this was the sugar act and its been around since the 1730's. People that didn't have money, the one who were rich, or regular had to pay the stamp act. Anything that was paper items such as cards, deed had an direct tax on it, nothing was were free back then. -
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Early British Act
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Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty was founded by sam adams and he made an organization to make rights successful for fighting the taxation of british government. One of the colonial responses that became popular was " No taxation without representation". -
Stamp Act Congress
this was the first gathering of specific representatives from a variety of the American colonies to come together to protest against new British taxation. Only 9 out of 13 colonist petition the parliament to repeal the act -
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Colonial Response to English Laws
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Stamp Act
This was the day that the declaration act was passed by the British parliament when soon the stamp act repealed. " Parliament has the right to tax the colonies" -
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Colonial Violence
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Boston Massacre
John adams was one of the people who was involved in this event that actually protected British soliders in the court, he was also a big confident supporter on having independence. During the massacre five colonist were killed Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick and James Caldwell. -
Boston Tea Party
This event was caused by the tea act and three hundred forty-three chest of tea was dumped into the water. All of the tea that was poured into the water has to cost up to 18,000 dollars. Before any of this happened they didnt call any town meetings so nobody really could argue or disagree with what had happen -
First Continental Congress
This event was the first time colonist acted as a united government.Most of the colonist has a job to prepare their own militias. Georgia was a state that did not want to attend the continental congress but 12 out of 13 colonies did. During the intolerable act they sent delegates by calling for oppressive legislation -
Battle of Bunker
In Breed's Hill troops were led by putnam occupy hill. During the battle of bunker 1500 British soliders get attacked in three assaults.As the battle is going on a good amount of americans were running out of ammo and lose hill. -
Lexington and concord
General gage was in charge to send troops to the concord to seize the illegal weapons he did that so they would have more of an advantage toward the people they were going against. Paul Revere was an american engraver, once he gets word he automatically go to warn the Patriots there of the British advance from Boston. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas paine was English American writer who wrote a document called "Common Sense" and it taught, helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence. The document was a 47 page pamphet about common sense what people should realize and what to do. He made the document because he wanted to advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
