Thirteen Colonies

place in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. It all started because tTensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. The battle of Lexington and Concord impacted the American Revolution by starting the war.…

He made a group called Sons of Liberty!(Dennis) This was a group that hated the British and wanted to be free and be their own colonies! (Dennis) During the Revolutionary War he represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress.(“History.com”) But he also was in the Stamp Act.(“Encyclopedia.com”) He biggest act agianst the british though was the Bostan Tea Party.(“Ushistory.org”)This…

The first of many reasons why the French Revolution began had to do with the many ideas that came about from the Enlightenment and those that believed in these thought processes. For example, the colonists in the successful American Revolution believed in the Enlightenment idea that all men are created equal and have inherent rights. Middle class citizens communicated their feelings towards the First and Second Estates, but ended up not having their feeling taken into account because the Second…

against the British rule attempting to gain control of the colonies again and allowed for many revolts throughout the colonies to occur. The colonists eventually decided to create a meeting to discuss on how to respond to the British’s actions which lead to the First Continental Congress. The idea of independence began to take influence from the First Continental Congress, where the delegates decided to form militias and arm the colonies. Arming the colonists then led to the first battle of the…

british and the colonist. But the british were more powerful so inn anyway possible they wanted to make the colonist worth less then then.once there was war between the British, French and the Indians that was very expensive. The British taxed the colonies to pay for their Army and to finance their war debt. This was one of several different factors that angered the Colonists and drove them to throw the tea into the harbor. Was the American Revolution more about economic rights or civil…

many drastic changes to the U.S like maintaining a strong relationship with Britain, abolishing national debt, and establishing a strong central government which was ruled by the knowledgeable. Before the birth of the U.S Great Britain ruled the colonies. Back then, the United States’s relationship was not well with Britain. Although, when the Federalist came into power, they instantly made amends with the U.K. The Federalists believed in the U.K because they thought that they had strong…

(9.2) In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson took office and he promised to shrink the government, including executive powers. He resumed the capitol building project and designed additions to the White House. The 1803Louisiana Purchase made people angry people both inside and out of his own political party. Many believed the president didn't have the constitutional authority to make such a decision on his own. His political opponents in the Essex Junta conspired with Vice President Aaron Burr in…

freeing the colonies from British administration. Started from the year 1765 through 1775, he had produced a string of speeches and disputes with the British Parliament in which he won, slowly edging out Britain. Their significance to the colonies continuously decreases due to Patrick Henry’s force, courage, and fearlessness. Despite Henry's opposition to some of the government's ideas, he successfully influenced people to oppose Britain as a whole and fight for the liberty of the colonies and…

The Continental victory at Saratoga in 1777 and the Treaty with the French in 1778 transformed the war, especially for the British. Most of the fighting took place in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey; however, the location began to shift. The war continued in the Sea, the South, and Yorktown. Each side felt that they had their advantages, for example, Britain has the loyalists in the South, while Americans had their foreign assistance. Also, Patriot troops had master plans with George…

But they needed to make money so they tried to get the colonies to pay taxes. To this was followed by a series of other rules that the only effect they had, was to incite (even more) the Americans even more. A clear example of this would be the Navigation Acts (1651), the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765). These laws sometimes were not respected, and had a great opposition among the colonists. By the year of 1770, groups of colonists like the Patriots and Sons of Liberty (of Boston)…