American Revolution spies

Sense was a pamphlet written by author Thomas Pain encouraging independence from England to citizens of the American Colonies. Originally it was published anonymously as Thomas Pain feared that he might be prosecuted for speaking out against Great Britain. However, it instantly became a hit throughout the colonies being sold and distributed widely throughout the thirteen colonies. Americans read quotes allowed at public places such as bars and town squares to be heard as a cry to separate from…

Charles Thomson was one of our founding fathers that became an outstanding man in Pennsylvania. He had become a tutor and teacher, at different school. He held a position with the government for a period of time. He ran several businesses in his career. Charles had a passion for knowledge. He overcame quite few obstacles in his life from childhood on up. During the destruction of the woolen trade and the enforcement of the Test Act Charles was born. This was the time when the…

liberty in the land of opportunity. Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 was at the head of those under Europeans established settlements like the New England colonies, the southern colonies with African slave labor, and the middle colonies accordingly. American colonists of the age adjusted to adverse environments, from their an initial failure. Moreover, increasing colonial residents like indentured servants or African slaves would be a catalyst; the society in early North America grew dramatically…

The relationship between the American Colonies and Great Britain were changed economically and politically after the seven years’ war (1756-1763). The conclusion of the war led to more events that began with The British Empire restriction on the expansion on settlings of colonists towards the states that were abandoned by the French colonies. The Great Britain won the war, so they went into deep debts which led to unfair taxation of the colonists. The real shift in mutual relationship is rooted…

colonists realized how poorly Britain was treating them, so ideas of unification began to form and circulate. Although the Americans identified as British citizens at the beginning of their lives in the New World, many events leading up to the American Revolution helped create a sense of unity and American identity within the colonies. Despite the fact that many Americans supported the unification of the colonies, many opposed unification and wanted to remain under the rule of England. Some…

In the beginning, the American Revolution was only a rebellion by British colonists, however, it quickly turned into something much more. The road to the Revolution started with a nine-year war between the French and the British over land in the Ohio River Valley, and ended with the battles in Lexington and Concord between the minutemen and militia. The road to the American Revolution was paved by the French and Indian War, all the acts passed by England, the events in Boston, and the Battles in…

countless authors and how they view him. Four Letters on Interesting Subjects addressed the relationship between the colonies and the British as being a country that is oppressive and creating tension by not sharing the same principles that the American colonies wanted. In letter one Thomas Paine talks about the Stamp-Act and Tea-Act . He believes that those acts were not implemented for the…

In 1607, there were African Americans called the indentured servants that first came during the years of the agreement of Jamestown by Virginia. Indentured servants signed up to work for seven years, in return for a free passage to Virginia. The contract they signed up for usually included 25 acres of land, a cow, and corn. Once these servants broke the law, they would go through harsh punishment. Later on, the price of indentured servants rose. During the 17th century, there needed to be a…

The American Revolution was a war fueled by many events and acts occurring between the years of 1763 and 1775. Within these years English colonists were aggravated from the tax and trade laws that were put into place. The series of major conflicts between England and English colonies consist of the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts and everything in between. The English colonists were upset with the way they were being treated along with all of the taxes that came along with acts…

to die which is why they caused the“The Boston Massacre”. Although they weren’t the ones who fired they caused the firing. One ofthe first people to die was Crispus Attucks (1723- 1770) was an African American former slaveand sailor who is now considered as the first martyr for the American Revolution because he wasthe first person to be killed. Through the whole event a total of three people were killed instantly,two later dying a few days and six others were severely wounded. The colonist had…