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This was a war between France and England over land rights in the colonies. The colonists called England for help and England brought an army to save the colonists. England won the war, but they were in debt and to recover money they taxed the colonists. These taxes and other grievances permanently damaged the relationship between the colonies and England. -
The first internal tax imposed on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act which forced a tax on all paper documents in the colonies came in a time which the British Empire was completely deep in debt from the Seven Years War. -
Americans organized a boycott against the British and even began harassing British customs commissioners. The British then sent troops to occupy Boston, which only deepened the ill feeling. -
A argument between an apprentice wigmaker and a British soldier led to a crowd of 200 colonists surrounding seven British troops. Americans began to taunt the British by acts including throwing things at them, which led for the British solider to “lose their cool” and they started firing at the colonists. -
The British started to take back most of their forces against Boston. But they continued to leave the taxes on their tea, which the Americans didn’t like. It wasn’t just that the Americans wanted to trade with any country they wanted. -
Ended up closing Boston Harbor until restitution was paid for the destroyed tea, the colony’s elected council was replaced, gave strong powers to the British military governor General Thomas Gage, and got rid of town meetings without approval. -
Patrick Henry once stated “ Give me Liberty or Give Me Death” in one of his most famous quotes he made to the Second Virginia Convention. This statement is so popular because it’s credited for convincing the convention to pass a resolution delivering Virginian troops for the Revolutionary War. -
British General Thomas Gage had planned on capturing colonial radical leaders John Hancock and Sam Adams and then go to Concord to seize their gunpowder. General Thomas led a group of soldiers along with him. The word ended up being spread there before they had arrived so the other side became prepared. The British ended up with 73 dead, with another 174 wounded and 26 missing in action. This event proved that the colonists were more powerful than the British expected them to be. -
The Declaration of Independence includes; “People have certain Inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness”, “All Men are created equal”, and “ Individuals have a civic duty to defend these rights for themselves and others.” This document is showing why the colonies should break away from Britain. -
Many townspeople from Falmouth, ended up having to grab their things and flee because of British bombarding into their land and burning down many coastal towns.