Samuel Parris

In December 16, 1773, British ships carried 500,000 pounds of tea from the East India Company to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charles Town. The citizens didn't want the tea to come, thinking that it would kill the American profits and get everyone one out of business. The Sons of Liberty made plans to stop the tea. In Boston, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians, and boarded the ships filled with tea. They tipped the 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. This raid was known as…

Acts like the Sugar and Stamp acts taxed colonists without representation in British Parliament, this along with other previous events lead to tensions between the crown and colonists which erupted into riots and boycotts. A majority of colonists had a well developed sense of identity and unity as Americans leading up to the revolution. They felt they were no longer treated equal to British citizens overseas or were people unwanted in Europe because of religion and this united them against the…

Paul Revere was a very successful silver-smith and a very big part of the American revolution. Though that was not the only thing he did in his life time he had a family and different jobs. In this you will learn about his family and the different jobs he had in his lifetime to help support his family. His part of the American revolution was a very big part of his life, this paper will tell you how he came to be a part of it and what he did for the American revolution. I hope you learn…

Asia Ansari Barbara Worthington English 1A 8 November 2017 The Systemic Injustice “We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose”- Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This quote reminds me of the history between the United States and Great Britain, and when the United States still existed as small colonies controlled by the British empire. How Great Britain made the U.S. colonies socially inferior, didn’t accept their religion belief, and used the colonies’ wealth for their own…

Roots Essay The colonists’ attitudes towards Great Britain underwent many changes during the period from the Great Revolution to the conclusion of the French and Indian War. Their attitudes generally got more aggressive towards the Old World after the Glorious Revolution, Europeanization of America, the peace treaty of 1714, and the French and Indian War. These large events and many other smaller ones built up these feeling in the colonies. The Americans’ unrest towards the British steadily…

The west was a large part of American culture and ultimately shaped the American ideals in the 1800’s. With it’s closing and conquering in the late 1800’s, Americans became scared because their safety net was finally gone. The west was important to Americans before it was even it’s own country. Americans wanted to expand out west, for a variety of reasons, but simply couldn’t because of the fierce tribes and foreigners blocking their way. After the French and Indian War, the problem seemed to be…

Theatre: a live dramatic performance meant to evoke a certain emotion. When you think theatre you probably think Broadway or the better versed of you might think of Hamilton, which, for those of you who don’t know, is a very popular rap musical currently on Broadway about America’s founding fathers, specifically Alexander Hamilton. Theatre was not always this way though. Theatre began thousands of years ago with cavemen reenacting their kills for their community members. But how exactly did this…

How has the colonization of America affected our lives? Many European people came to the ``New World`` for the opportunities that awaited them there. For example economic, social, and religious opportunities. When then they got there the French and Indian war had caused a great loss for England's money. Because of this England had to pay a big debt for the destruction of the war. The British were lacking on money so they thought that by putting taxes in what the colonist bought they were going…

Introduction The story of Hannah, found in 1 Samuel 1:1-2:10, is often used as a sermon topic on Mother’s Day. While this extraordinary woman of the Scriptures personifies ideal motherhood, her prayer for a son and subsequent psalm of thanksgiving is indeed a splendid model today for a person’s petitions and response. In the Old Testament, Hannah’s prayer is the only prayer from a women. In fact, “until that point men did all liturgical speaking and prayer publicly, for the entire community,…

There are so many reasons that the Revolutionary War felt like a brother to brother conflict. When the British decided to lower the cost of tea, which created a ripple effect of smugglers trading illegally with the Dutch. In that situation, individuals discarded tea in the harbor to prove a point. The ‘argument was they refused to agree with the tea tax. However, Parliament had refused to listen to the colonists as well and created laws which were called Intolerable Acts. These Intolerable…