Tea Party protests

Cause and Results of the American Revolution Following the Indian and French War, Great Britain sought currency from colonist in America. Therefore, the British administration assigned taxes upon colonist. Great Britain believed settlers should compensation for warfare because it was fought halfway to protect the states. As a result, the Stamp Act was put in place, which required the buying of stamps for manufactured goods. Several settlers declined to compensate Britain. They negated to do so…

Imagine life without having any rights, with zero freedom, and people coming into your house without permission and not leaving. What would you do to rebel against this or would you just stand there and let this happen? In this evolution they stood there and let it happen. This is what began the French revolution, the American revolution, and the Glorious revolution of England. These revolutions caused high taxes, which was not making anyone happy and then there was this idea of enlightenment.…

the Indian after the French and Indian war. This Proclamation was a law that forbidden the colonist and private citizens to settle all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. This law was ended legally with the American Revolution. 2 The Boston Tea Party occurred as a result of “Taxation without representation” which means that the Imperial Government imposed taxes on the people without the their authority. The British unreasonably taxing the American Colonies to pays for expenses during the…

American politics and social views cost a war to achieve. In order for the new American government to stay in place successfully the old one had to be thrown out and the new one given sovereignty. This independence and time for a new rising government came at the price of roughly 25,300 American lives during the American Revolution (“Number of Americans”). The Revolutionary War gave New England the power and want to set up a new government, as well, the revolution changed the way women were…

Depictions and reports of abuse by the British towards the colonists throughout the 13 colonies was used to further heighten the tensions throughout the land and act as a rallying point for further protests and resistance14. The desire for self-rule began to take hold and filter throughout all of the colonies. The crumbling relationship between the colonies and their British rulers led to further decent and ultimately to significant changes. In May of 1770, all British troops were forced out of…

mid-seventeenth century, England was facing the enormous debt from the Seven Year’s War, where the British and its colonial allies fought France and won the war. The Parliament passed several laws to help decrease the debt. The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and the Tea Act were all established to lower it, but it changed and affected many lives negatively, along the way. After the Seven Year’s War, the Parliament needed to find ways to solve the problem with the war debt. The prime minister, George…

to it as, “A static place in a booming nation.” To Gross, Concord portrayed itself as a means to show the American people the true history of the revolution. Concord’s social history allowed for Gross to show that every citizen didn’t rise up and protest as soon as they faced opposition by the British. By explaining the history of Concord, Gross can show the complex roots of the revolution, and how it stemmed from various events and that the war wasn’t rushed, and many were actually reluctant to…

World Cup, but also the Olympics in 2016, the people had had enough. According to the Guardian, “At least eighty cities held demonstrations with a turnout of over two million. Some protestors wore Guy Fawkes masks to emulate the Occupy Wall Street protests here in the states. Some protestors were seen wearing red noses to show that they no longer wanted to be treated like clowns. These weren’t just young people, but white and blue collar working class people as well.” This went on for years and…

On the night of December 16, 1773, one of America’s biggest acts of rebellion took place: The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party is one of those topics that’s been heard in just about every history class. It’s mainly seen as a story in which a group of colonists decide to gather together and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. But really, it 's much more significant than that. It was the event that unified Americans against British taxation and made them realize the true oppression…

Just before the American Revolution, which began roughly in 1765 and ended in 1783, the attitudes of many colonists were those of dissatisfaction and disdain for the traditional British government. These would exacerbate future relations with Great Britain, fueling dissent. The earliest component of these anti-British sentiments was the French and Indian War. The war gave the colonists their first feeling of any political unity apart from Britain. Since it was the first war where the British…