Colonial troops

affecting the colonists directly, their response was notable. Sam Adams, a colonial rebel, formed a group called Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty rebelled against British policies, fought taxation and protected the colonists’ rights from the British. This created more conflict between the American Colonies and the British Government. Another retaliation that created tension was Stamp Act congress. This was a meeting held by colonial leaders to encourage Britain to repeal the Stamp Act. This…

The American Revolutionary War was a major eight year conflict that ultimately led to the birth of our nation, the United States of America. It lasted from 1775-1783 and had about 165 battles. What sparked the American Revolutionary War was the colonial resistance to British efforts to impose more control over the colonies. The colonies were allied with France and Spain during this war, against Britain and Germany. Between 25,000-70,000 Americans were killed during this war in military service,…

that made you feel like your rights as a person were taken away? Neither did the colonists. There were many ways that the king of England was being destructive to the colonists' lives. Two of those ways are that he taxed the colonists and he sent troops that were treating them terribly. Again, one of the actions the king took that was destructive or really angered the colonists is that he taxed them. In document A, it says that this angered the colonists because they thought only their own…

representatives of the colonists gathered for the First Continental Congress in Massachusetts. As the meeting adjourned, the colonies decided to boycott British goods and form militias, in case an attack should happen. British General Gage heard about the colonial militias and he sent redcoats to confiscate militia weapons and arrest their leaders. Catching wind about this, Paul Revere and several…

The Appin Massacre refers to a series of violent incidents that occurred in the early hours of the morning of 17 April 1816, the outcome of a military reprisal raid against Aboriginal people ordered by Governor Lachlan Macquarie during the early colonial period of Australia. Governor Lachlan Macquarie was the fifth Governor of New South Wales, Australia, from 1810 to 1821. British soldiers and settlers targeted the Dharawal people in the Appin area,…

Western Europe . The Albany Plan of Union is something that was brought forward in 1754 in Massachusetts, by Mr. Shirley and also Benjamin Franklin. It was created to manage Indian affairs and to keep things afloat. Enumerated Product is product in the colonial times were not allowed to be shipped at all or to only certain locations. The French and Indian War was in the time frame of 1754 through 1763 and which was the beginning of the fighting in North America. The war which came together…

levying taxes unfairly along with colonial resistance, all shaped up the British-American relationship from 1754-1776. The Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. This restricting expansion closed off the frontier for colonial enlargement. The east coast was becoming overcrowded, and many colonists wanted to move west for a better life. Later in 1765, the Quartering Act forced colonists to house and feed British troops, practically taking away…

a commander to the Virginia Troops. He also claimed himself to be a successful tobacco planter in his home land. Washington proved that he was a much better general than he was just a military man. He was not the biggest genius on the battlefield. His strength was mainly keeping the colonial army in control during the Revolutionary War. Washington’s troops were not well fed, taken care of, or trained. Even though this was the case, Washington was able to get his troops to continue in the…

July in 1962. A truce had finally been reached between French President Charles de Gaulle and the Muslim-led National Liberation Front. According to the first chapter, “On Violence,” of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, Fanon argues that the colonial world represents naked violence.…

$15 million Thats how much the Louisiana purchase cost. Around 1758-1831 Jefferson sent future U.S. president James Monroe to Paris to aid Livingston in the New Orleans purchase talks. Shortly before Monroe's arrival the French asked Livingston if the United States wanted to purchase the Territory of Louisiana. One of the main reasons the Louisiana purchase was important is because The it gave the U.S. control of the Mississippi River and the city of New Orleans. They were used by…