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It all started in the month of March in 1765 in the town of Boston, Massachusetts at the time of when the Stamp Act was in full effect. My name is Ferdinand Taylor I am twelve and the Stamp Act is in a full scale riot. In Boston yesterday the colonists started to burn all the stamps they could find in the streets to protest against the British. A lawyer by the name of James Otis argued that we shouldn’t be taxed from the Parliament because we didn’t get to vote for the Parliament members so we…

allowed the colonies to the break off from the British and gain control of their own government. The American Revolution was a direct consequence of the taxation without representation after the French and and Indian War, the increased sense of unity among the colonists, and the ideology of equal treatment of the colonies in terms of self governing. The French and Indian War (1754-1763) was the main event that led to the the American Revolution. Although in this war the British and the…

On July 4th, 1776 America declared independence from the British. The Declaration of Independence was written by a committee that Congress had chosen to explain why the American colonies wanted independence from England. There was a man named Thomas Jefferson of Virginia who was the original writer of the declaration. During the writing of the Declaration of Independence the American Revolutionary War was going on. The war started in April of 1775 and ended in September of 1783. There is no one…

of Slavery in the Development of Britain’s North American Colonies In the years 1607 through 1776 slavery had become relatively easy due to the fact that more slaves could easily be purchased because of the triangular trade.The Americans could trade material goods in return for slaves. This was all due to the overwhelming need of cheap labor in the colonies. The existence of slavery impacted the development of Britain’s American Colonies from 1607 to 1776 by providing economic growth, developing…

Do you know what the Roanoke colony was? The Roanoke colony is referred to as the “lost colony”,because nobody knows what happened to them.In late 1500’s the English tried to make their first settlement in the New world off the coast of North Carolina.The first settlers soon returned to England because of a shortage of food and Indian attacks.In 1587 a seconded colony went back to the same place where a man named John White became their leader.John White returned to England to get more supplies…

Because, he was not using the money from the tax to help the colonists or the colonies. He was utilizing the money to pay off the significant debt that the French and Indian War had caused.…

trends, and social changes in the Chesapeake colonies through the Restoration. The first important event is the actual settlement of Jamestown in the Virginia colony in 1607. They struggled beginning, but they realized that tobacco was a profitable crop. Then in 1619 the Virginia Company creates the House of Burgesses and headright system. One of the most important events in colonial history is 1619, where the first African slave arrived in the colonies. This is a vital part in our history…

wearing red, white, and blue in honor of the country's independence. The Declaration of Independence is a historical document that tells other countries and America citizens that the United States of America is a free country. It explains that the 13 colonies at war with britain were now thirteen newly independent sovereign states. Although citizens celebrate independence day on July the 4th, the separation from Britain was actually on the 2nd of July 1776. There are many representations of…

During the time period of 1773 through 1776, the thirteen colonies became angry with the British Empire. They felt they were unfairly taxed, overly supervised, and ignored when problems were presented. As these complications became more obvious, deeper problems, such as political differences, came to the surface. The two sides became more argumentative. The thirteen colonies were ready to declare themselves free from the British Empire. These reason led to the writing of the DOI. The Declaration…

Articles of confederation didn’t turn out to work, we want a tyranny free government. Will the constitution accomplish a free tyranny government? The 13 colonies were governed by the British until the Revolutionary war. The Revolutionary war was America and 13 colonies fighting for Independence, Great Britain decided to sign a treaty. The 13 colonies were frustrated that Great Britain was making them pay taxes. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 and it made United States. There were 217,000…