Indian Removal Act

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enacted five legislative acts, also known as the Coercive Acts. Those acts were intended to restore British authority in the colony. The Boston Port Act closed the Boston port until the losses were fully payed. The Massachusetts Government Act regulated who was appointed to the council positions. The Administration of Justice Act protected British officials from criminal prosecutions. The Quartering Act allowed the troops from the British army to stay in colonists house. This Act also allowed…

during the French and Indian war. George Washington did not take the time to find out what the French wanted before the battle begin and this was his first taste of battle during this battle many French tried to flee but they were quickly stopped by Washington’s Indian allies and later surrendered. The Indian half king killed and scalped the dead and injured witch Washington did not know this caused war to spread around the world. In spring 1752 two years prior to the French and Indian war, the…

The Boston massacre The Boston massacre was a famous shooting that started because of a small argument, also it started a famous pre-revolutionary war. “On the evening of Monday, March 5th, some soldiers were seen parading through the streets and waving swords and rifles. They were hurting some of the people in Boston.” How did the Boston massacre impact the colonists and the United States? This paper will cover how the Boston Massacre started,…

On March 5, 1770 a mob of colonists armed with clubs surrounded the customs house in Boston where the kings money was kept. The mob surrounded the guard posted there and threatened his life so the red coats were called in, to disperse the mob and the defend the customs house. The colonists started to attack the redcoats tasked with defending the customs house, Which lead to an unordered shot fired by one of the soldiers, not directly at the colonists. According to the Captain Thomas Preston the…

began to harass the soldiers with snowballs and a large stick. Finally, they taunted the soldiers, daring them to fire into the crowd. The colonists began the violence through their words and actions therefore being the aggressors. The soldiers did not act first, and according to 75% of the witnesses had no order to fire from their…

just out of boredom. The soldiers had acted horribly towards the colonists, and with complete permission from their home country. They were allowed to live in colonial homes without permission because of the Quartering Act. They could get away with crime, and they had no obligation to act nicely. It is against human nature to rebel against what is working out in our favor, meaning having British soldiers around was threatening the colonist’s privacy The Boston massacre didn’t start with a…

The British soldiers were the aggressors because they terrified the Patriot by antagonizing them, terrifying innocent people, and killing the ones that were not armed. It displays how the british had no mercy for the Patriots. The British did what was necessary to make sure that they got what they came here to do. The Patriots also did some cruel actions towards the British. Everything that the British and Patriots had done, the British did far more worse force than the Patriots. To get the…

Quebec Act The Quebec Act made Quebec a place where Catholics could freely worship and it restored the use of French civil law for matters of private law. The reaction of Canadians was mixed and the land-owning were relatively happy about the changes, though most of the populace resented their loss of freedoms. 3. Sugar Act The sugar act attempted to induce importers to buy molasses from Britain and it also further restricted trading between the colonies and other nations. The sugar act put a…

repealed most of the Townshend Acts.These acts were an external tax that charged colonists a tariff for importing manufactured good into the U.S. This caused the colonists to become upset since they had no representation, and were still being forced to pay these tariffs. The rivalry between Great Britain caused more tension towards this situation. Great Britain sent British troops to Boston in order to maintain order and continue to enforce the Townshend Acts. By the beginning of the year 1770,…