Pre-Revolutionary War Quiz ( /38) Multiple Choice: (Five Points) Which state was the “First Continental Congress held”? It was held in New York. It was held in Rhode Island. It was held in Philadelphia.…
They had trouble paying the money requested by the states meet Revolutionary War debts. As a result state officials seized farmers’ lands to pay their debts and threw many farmers in jail.” As a result many farmers were enraged, including Shay so they all started Shay’s Rebellion. The people tried to talk to the government but…
The end of the French and Indian war called for celebration. Finally, the French and their Native Americans allies were no more. However the war also affected the relationship between the British and the colonists dramatically. From working together to complete chaos among them. Everything went downhill for the British.…
The soldiers killed the rebel leader, James MacFarlane, who had fought in to revolutionary war, and continued to fight. The rebels continued to burn down Neville’s home, killings all of his farm animals, giving the soldiers no choice but to extract from this…
The British General Cornwallis had just recently taken Charlotte and General Ferguson had earlier established his headquarters some fifty-five miles west of the city.1 Due to the increase of British presence in the area, Loyalists from Georgia and North Carolina began to arrive at Fergusons headquarters and increased his numbers to around 1200 men.2 Ferguson was so confident in his forces ability to defeat any back country rebels he felt emboldened enough to provide a warning to the rebels stating, “desist from their opposition to British arms” and if they did not comply he would “march over the mountains, hang their leader, and lay their country waste with fire and sword. ”.3 Ferguson’s warning did not have the desired effect of rebels laying down their arms, but the complete opposite. The rebels would begin to amass a…
Shepard ordered his men to convince Shays to abandon his advancement. When the rebels nearly approach, Shepard commanded his artillery to fire. This action has stopped the rebellion. However, three men were killed instantly and several were wounded. The Shay’s rebellion has had a positive effect on the colonies, and especially on the poor.…
The rebellion affected discussions at the US Constitutional Convention and led the way to shape the new US Constitution (Source 5, pg. ) If the rebellion had been insignificant, officials would not have batted an eye when revising the Articles. This was, however, obviously not the case, as the farmers had affected discussions at the Convention. In addition, an accurate timeline of the event states, “The Riot Act allowed county sheriffs to kill any rioters without consequence. This oppression of freedom of assembly and speech would later be fixed in the Constitution” (Source 10, website).…
The farmers rebelled against the state because they were being dispossessed of their property due to local enforcement of tax collections. These farmers were hard working men mainly living in the state of Massachusetts, but were in debt due the state raising taxes and increasing the costs in the courts. The main leader of the rebellion was a Revolutionary War Veteran from Pelham named Daniel Shays (the rebellion was named after him). The protests started as non-violent, but quickly escalated after the state failed to address any of the petitions it had to help solve the farmers’ debts. By December 1786, James Bowdoin, the Massachusetts Governor, mobilized a force of 1,200 militiamen to fight against Shay and the rebels which was led by General Benjamin Lincoln, a former Continental Army General, and was funded by local merchants.…
The British were once the most feared and hated by so many countries because of their powerful army and great wealth. Their reign of kings and queens all has come to an end, thanks to the patriots in 1775 who decided they have had enough of British rule and wanted a federal republic government. They achieved this goal in 1783 with determination and the leadership by George Washington. Many historians have been arguing about whether the war really made an impact on the U.S or it had very little/no effect. Within winning the Revolutionary War, a great change came along with it such as, economics and land redistribution, Natives were treated very differently, and women’s rights were finally relevant.…
Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution through British Eyes by Christopher Hibbert is a novel told from the point of view of the British. It breaks the normal tradition of telling the American Revolution from the point of view of the Americans. Instead, the Redcoats and the British are portrayed as the protagonists. However, the storytelling was neutral and didn’t tell anything apart from fact. The history went in chronological order in order to better tell the story.…
Also in 1787, they passed the militia act and the riot act. State militia ordered the men to stop and to hold their fire, but the men did not stop. When the militia came out and killed four men, Shay’s group ran away. Shay’s rebellion scared many Americans. Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.…
The members of Shay’s Rebellion didn’t go too far. It isn’t alright that people were just taking their land and they didn’t do anything to deserve it. They didn’t support the war so they shouldn’t have to pay for the debts of the Revolutionary War. Then, the farmers decided that it wasn’t ok, what they were forced to pay off. They made a rebellion and attacked the government and tried to get what was right.…
How revolutionary was the American Revolution? The American Revolution was an act of bravery towards the most powerful country in the world, Great Britain. Tired of being tied down, the thirteen colonies attacked England and took home the victory, which led to the birth of a new country, the United States of America. (Background essay)…
Morgan Nason History 103 (Bridge History) Journal #2 Power Struggle The vast dispute between Great Britain and the Colonies before the Revolutionary War was a struggle over power. The dispute started during/after the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) when the British had taken all the credit for winning, even though the colonists had played a very big part in fighting the war. After the war ended, the British had huge war debts. The war very costly and Britain didn’t really have a way to fund it. When the war ended they come up with the idea of taxing the colonies on certain items; two ideas they had were the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.…
The Revolutionary War, which led to the end of the relationship between the Americans and the British, was a major turning point in the United States history. The war was caused by multiple events that eventually led the Revolutionary War. One of the first events was the French and Indian War and it was fought over territory between French and British. Then in 1765, the Americans were forced to be taxed on printed document and other goods due to the Stamp Act that the British established. Another event was the Boston Massacre which was a shooting of five American colonists by British troops on March 5th, 1770.…