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    Colonial Resistance

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    the year 1773, which was only three years after the Boston Massacre. This event would come to be known as the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party occurred because Britain still wasn’t able to generate a decent amount of revenue, even though they had just enacted the Townshend Acts. So as a result of not being able to create enough revenue Parliament decided to increase the tax on tea. “While exempting it from some of the trade regulations that increased shipping costs (Ghere and Spreeman 10).…

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    This act places taxes on imported glass, tea, lead, paper, and paint. The money being raised from this act would help pay for the war debt. British Officials used writs of assistance to basically enforce this act. Colonist hated this act because they felt as if it violated their constitutional…

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    Acne And Treatment Of Acne

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    Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8/9 Introduction: How can you treat acne? Acne is a colonization or infection of pores by bacteria. Let’s see the effectiveness of different medication such as Tea Tree Oil, Az clear and Epiduo. Acne occurs due to pores on the skin being clogged up with bacteria and becoming…

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    The French and Indian War, also known as the 7 Years War was the starting point for America’s independence from Great Britain; or the American Revolution. Both England and France were trying to stake claim to the land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River. When Washington and his men crossed into the territory the French took them captive and this was only the beginning. Retaliations from both sides continued between the two. Eventually the conflict in America would ignite a war in…

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    During the War for Independence the colonists had to decide whether to be a Loyalist or a Patriot. To me choosing to be a Loyalist was the best thing they could have done for the war. Many of the Sons of Liberty and the Patriots didn’t know how to respect England. The American Colonists did some very disrespectful things to us Loyalists and they didn’t respect our views! Although numerous Americans think that England gave us taxation without representation, we should have just gone along with…

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    Liberty. Taxation without representation That cannot be! George Hewes planned a way, To end the dynasty that the British created. To end the cruel taxing that hurt their trade. They ordered the British to send back their boats, That carried the tea that should be going down their throats. But the British insisted that the ships be kept. When the Sons of Liberty heard that they refused, They were scant enraged but amused For the British would be sorry that they had vetoed The colonists were…

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    In 1775, battle broke out between the UK and the American colonists. By 1776, the colonists got declared themselves independent and in 1783, carrying out a prolonged and bloody battle, Britain was forced to discover the independence of America. The battle was dropped on its 1st day, vowing never to 'inevitability ' but to the type of conflict. The essential difference between the UK and the rebellious People in America concerned political authority. Before the Stamp Action crisis British…

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    without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.” The Boston Port Act closed the port of Boston until the Boston residents reimbursed Great Britain for the price of tea that was dumped during the Boston Tea Party. The closing of Boston’s port would jeopardize their colony’s economic system since a lot of trading was done at the port. The Massachusetts Government Act stated that all officers of the law had to be appointed by the…

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    actions that they would not usually display. Two examples of individuals following a higher moral law are Antigone, the main character of the age-old Greek play Antigone by Sophocles, and Samuel Adams, an American freedom fighter who led the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Both of these individuals committed civil disobedience, which is a peaceful yet meaningful nonviolent form of resistance committed by breaking specific laws set by a government or other group. Though both committed civil…

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    Britain decided to tax many things such as tea, and stamps which impacted the colonists and angered them (History.com). This shows that the colonists were actually being treated very unfairly because they were limited and restricted from many things, or they had to pay much more something as…

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