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    didn’t take them seriously. The Currency Act of 1764, Britain’s attempt to keep the colonist from printing their own money known as colonial scrip and forcing them to exchange it for British money, weakened the colonies economy substantially and to make things worse Britain only gave colonist one English note for every two colonial notes making the value of a colonial note less. Americans were paying the British twice the price for everything bought from them making this a major…

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    Massachusetts because the British believed the colony was too democratic and limited them to having only meetings only once in a year when they usually had one every month. These British actions made the colonial to come to believe that they were being…

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    laid across continents, connecting colonial administrators with imperial capitals and facilitating the coordination of governance and military operations in distant colonies. This enhanced communication network enabled imperial powers to exert greater control over their territories and respond more swiftly to challenges to their authority. Furthermore, the dissemination of information through newspapers and pamphlets fueled imperialist propaganda, justifying colonial expansion and portraying…

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    I believe that too many things went into effect that caused the colonial demise of England's colonies. First of which was The French and Indian war, (1754-1763). Which began with a dispute between the British, and the French, and the Indians over the Forks of Ohio. Because the British wanted to take the land away from them. The British won and as a result, The Peace treaty of 1763 was signed. The British soon began to tax the colonists to help pay for the cost of the war. The results of the war…

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    the end of The French and Indian War, Great Britain introduced The Proclamation of 1763 which stated that the colonist could not move west across the Appalachian Mountains. In order to prevent from colonist from expanding west, Great Britain sent troops to guard against passage through the Appalachian Mountains. This eventually forced colonist to quarter the soldiers, which meant that the colonists had to house and feed the British soldiers. Colonist were angered towards this Quartering Act, not…

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    intensified colonial resistance and created the want to become independent. Over the period of these thirteen years, colonists began to create new values due to the revenue taxes being implemented. The French and Indian War left Britain in massive debt and forced them to find a way to generate more revenue. The assignment to relieve Britain of its debt fell to George Grenville who thought that the colonies should share a cost of the war and that Britain should tighten its control over the…

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    He supported pan-Africanism and the liberation of colonial territories. He proclaimed his regime as “positive neutralism” which he defined as a return to African values, rejection of imported ideology (capital or communist) and control of nation’s wealth. His ideas of nationalism did not sit well with western…

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    Throughout history there has been an abundance of times when people decided what their rights should be and broke free from their loyalty to their ruler. For instance, when the colonies decided that they would no longer follow the British law. King George III violated the colonists basic human rights by unfairly taxing them and the patriots came to the conclusion that following under the England monarchy wasn’t ideal anymore. Life in the colonies differed in many ways compared to life in…

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    Stamp Act Dbq

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    was for people to pay taxes on various paper, documents, and playing cards. The taxes that the people pay for are for the british troops that are stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years War. The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act on people to pay for the British Troops. The British Government did a hard-to-obtain British Sterling rather, than the colonial currency. People who violated the Stamp Act was prosecuted by the Vice-Admiralty Courts. These courts have no juries and are…

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    The year is 1777 in the month of December. It is important to know what is being done for us to get freedom from Great Britain, how it is being done, and all the sacrifices that are being made to get it done. An example of how it is being done as most of you fellow colonists have probably already found out is there are tons of our fellow colonists risking their lives at Valley Forge. As many of you fellow colonists probably already found out is that we have chosen a young man to lead us during…

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