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The Colonies 1765-1776
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Stamp Act of 1765
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The stamp act was an inforced tax imposed by the British parliament only on the colonist of British America. The act covered many printed materials that the colonies produced. They enforced the stamp act by taxing the colonist for all printing materials. -
Declaratory Act
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The Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face -
The Butter Rebellion
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The Great Butter Rebellion, which took place at Harvard University in 1766, was the first recorded student protest in what is now the United States. As colonists were gearing up for the American Revolution, the spirit of the Sons of Liberty trickled down to their sons, many of whom were in college at the time, whereupon they formed the group "The Sons of Harvard." -
The Revenue Act of 1766
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The Quartering Act
PicsInfoWiki In the last years of the French and Indian War London approved a policy of keeping twenty regiments in the colonies to police and defend the back country. The enabling legislation took the form of the Quartering Act which required colonial legislatures to provide quarters and supplies for the troops.The Quartering Act stirred little controversy and New Yorkers were ambivalent about the presence of the troops. -
Townshend Acts
:P :P :P :P :PActs.>>>InfoInfo The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. Historians vary slightly in which acts they include under the heading "Townshend Acts", -
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Crispus Attucks
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Crispus Attucks, and African American, is the first to die when British soldiers fure upon American colonists at the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre was a day in March, also called the incident on King Street, where British soldier opened fire on civilians. Killing five and injuring six. British troops have been living in civilian homes to "protect them". But during a stand off they had accidently killed an african american man, Crispus Attucks, sparking the massacre. -
Aftermath
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Aftermath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Massacre</a>On March 27 the eight soldiers, Captain Preston, and four civilians who were in the Customs House and were alleged to have fired shots, were all indicted for murder. Boston locals continued to be hostile to the troops and their dependents.
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Tea Tax
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King George III insists on keeping the tax on tea as a symbol of Britain's right to tax its colonies, while repealing the other Townshend duties. -
Rhode Island Attacks
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Rhode Island merchants attack and burn the British customs ship Gaspee. -
Boston Tea Party
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. -
Richard Montgomery
Revolutionary War Continental Major General. Born in County Dublin, Ireland, he served in the British Army as a Captain before relocating to New York in 1772. In 1775, he was a delegate to the First Provincial Congress of New York and became Brigadier General in the Continental Army. During the Revolutionary War, his troops captured the colors of the 7th Royal Fusiliers and captured Montreal in November 1775. During the assault on Quebec, Canada in December 1775, he was killed in action and the -
The Declaration of Independence
http://www.barefootsworld.net/doi1776.html The Declaration of Independence is a document declaring the US independance from the British crown.
