Education Act 1944

American Revolution:1759-1766” by Bernhard Knollenberg discusses. How it came to the American revolution. WIth major influences such as the tea act and some not so influential parts, but enough to move us towards the actions that got us here. In this book he doesn 't just focus on the main points like other books such as the Boston massacre, the Quartering act, he doesn 't even make a reference to the Declaration of Independence. Knollenberg goes into great detail and depth in the writing to…

were often taxed heavily by the British. The British made many acts which allowed the British government to gain money through taxes from the colonist for no specific reason. The Colonist often would…

My Mayflower ancestor is Isaac Allerton who was written to be a “proper saint,” meaning that he was a Leyden Separatist. He was a tailor in London at the time of his departure on the Mayflower. There are conflicting reports of Allerton’s age when he came over to the new world, which range from age 34 to 37. He boarded the Mayflower with his wife Mary, their three children, and his tailor apprentice, John Hooke. The individuals on the Mayflower were mostly farmers with limited resources to…

In his novel, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution, Alfred F. Young approaches, researches, and answers several inquiries surrounding the Boston Tea Party. He has also done extensive research into the life of a participant in the events of December 16, 1773, George Robert Twelves Hewes. Young provides his readers with an in-depth understanding of Hewes and his connection to the Tea Party and the Revolution in order to answer questions even historians did not…

Robert Gross shows the significant role of Concord, Massachusetts, in the fight for independence through the perspective of the common person, in his book, The Minutemen and their World. Gross presents Concord as a town that played a great role in the revolution, while altering the community forever. Concord life is explained before, during, and after, “A shot heard ‘round the world.” Although Gross supports his ideas with numerous sources of evidence, he states that history is not simply an…

alcohol. This amendment was passed by congress in December 1917 and ratified in January 1919, but didn’t go into effect until January 20th, 1920. After the 18th amendment was ratified, the Volstead act was sent to Congress, its purpose was to help enforce the 18th amendment. Woodrow Wilson vetoed the Volstead act, but Congress over ruled it. Before the 18th amendment was put into effect many states had their own prohibition laws in affect due to…

The history of American Indians is not well taught amongst the general population. For many, the extent of their knowledge consists of racist depictions of armed conflict between white colonists and Native people, such as the movie They Died With Their Boots On. This film glorifies Custer and demonizes the Indians as savage and stupid. Films like that one reflect how the history of Native people is understood as a history of war. However, most only consider it as war between Indians and settlers…

The Sons of Liberty are shrouded in secrecy and mystery, but they played a vital part in the pursuit of American Independence. The Sons of Liberty were established in Boston and New York through the guidance of Samuel Adams. The Sons of Liberty would meet under the cover of darkness to avoid detection from the British officials or Loyalists. The Sons of Liberty were seen as heroes or patriots by the Colonists but the British saw them as committing treason. The Sons of Liberty were right to…

In 1765 the Stamp Act was passed which upset my family and the rest of the colonists. This upset my family because we were already poor and this did not help us. This made the things we bought more expensive than what it was. They wants us to pay taxes because they want us to pay for the “French And Indian War”. If we wanted to send a letter to my Uncle Rick in Virginia we now have to buy a stamp to send a letter to him. Why are the British charging the colonies for the war? The British know…

While there are a plethora of causes of the American Revolution, both large and small, three causes stand out as being the most directly exigent. The Boston Tea Party, in 1773, was the first of these, followed by the Coercive Acts, passed in 1774, concluding with the famous military exchanges at Lexington and Concord in 1775. Each of these moments in history stand out as a key event in the extensive, action-packed prelude to the American Revolution. One of the most well-known quotes from the…