Pete Townshend

Declaration of Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon killed off a lot of Native Americans furthermore he demonstrated that poor whites and blacks could band together to put terror into the wealthy government. Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion was an extraordinary revolution against the Virginia government before the American Revolution. Many events furnished to the rising of the rebellion. Nathaniel Bacon list is a secondary source in this journal entry, he brings highlight to the misdeeds of the Virginia…

considered “a very burdensome and … unconstitutional tax” (Doc 10) by the colonists. This tax caused some of the first sparks of American resentment towards Britain and gave colonists a rude awakening to the true nature of the Parliament. Secondly, the Townshend Acts were enforced a year prior to the Stamp Act’s repeal and went as far to tax other everyday items in addition to the original tax on paper products, once again “violates our liberties and is directly opposed to our rights as…

The widely known Boston massacre was one of the most iconic events that helped shape our United States of America. On March 5, 1770 eight British soldiers will fire onto a crowd on Kingś street killing five colonists and injuring many more. I do not believe Captain Preston or his men are to blame for firing among what turned into a rioting mob. Throughout this paper I will prove Captain Preston and his British soldiers are not guilty of murder but instead acted in self defence against an…

The French and Indian War was caused by land disputes between the British colonists and the French over the Ohio River Valley region. The French and British were both claiming the same territory as their own. After Britain’s victory, a policy they enforced prior to the war called salutary neglect, which avoided strict enforcement of parliamentary laws to keep American colonies obedient to Great Britain, ended. However, following the war, the British began heavily taxing the colonists because of…

Colonists abandon loyalty to Britain The colonists abandoned their loyalty to the king because of the wrong treatment they received. The colonies believed the acts with taxation were unfair because their own legislation had the authority to tax them. Because of the Boston Tea Party, which was where the British dumped out tea as a way of protesting in Boston, the British government became furious at the colonists. The colonial leaders wanted to defend their self government and liberty. The…

Boston Massacre During this period of time, a big event happen in history that caused many emotions and tensions between the British soldiers and the civilians. The Boston Massacre played a very important role as The Revolutionary War in American History. The civilians feared for their lives but also for there colonies. The civilians were tired of all the rules and taxes they had to follow but also feeling that they were getting stepped on. They would start protesting and wanted to be free…

The root causes for the American Revolution was when Great Britain started to place Acts such as the Sugar Act of 1764, The Revenue Act of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1765 to enforce higher taxes and/or fines to make the colonists help pay for the own debt due to the Seven Years’ War. The Sugar Act of 1764 was to lower taxes on molasses imported in North America from the French West Indies. On the other hand it was established to end widespread of smuggling by the colonial merchant but due to…

Company were dump into the Boston Harbor by American patriots who disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians. The American patriots were objecting tax on tea, that is, taxation without representation and the perceived East India Company’s monopoly. The Townshend Acts passed in 1767 by Parliament imposed duties on various imported products but they raised a big storm of non-compliance and colonial protest. The Boston merchants evaded the act by continuing to import tea illegally brought in by Dutch…

In 1763 the royal proclamation was issued by King Georg |||. And the proclamation of 1763 stated that all lands west of the Appalachian Divide were off-limits to the colonies. This affected and upset some of the colonists. The land west of the Appalachian remained an American Indian territory for the time being. The colonists rebelled against Great Britain because they felt their rights were being violated. The Sugar Act took place in 1764. The Sugar Act lowered the tax on molasses in hopes to…

Alan Abraham 10/4/16 2A Nelson DBQ To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolutions? The American Revolution is one of the biggest events in American history, but what is even more significant are the events leading up to the event. The Loyalists argued the colonies were better off staying a part of a large kingdom like Great Britain however; politically, the colonists joined together in Assemblies; socially, the…