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The Sons of Liberty, a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. The origins and founding of the Sons of Liberty is unclear, but history records the earliest known references to the organization to 1765 in the thriving colonial port cities of Boston and New York. More than likely, the Boston and New York chapters of it
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In 1765, two years after the French and Indian War, the British Parliament was still trying to solve its money crisis. Although the Sugar Act the American Revenue Act of 176 did not prove to be an effective means of making money, Parliament still felt that the American colonies sho3uld help. The Prime Minister at the time, George Grenville, proposed the Stamp Act in 1765 A stamp tax was first introduced in England in 1694 and was a useful way to collect revenues from British citizens. Grenville -
in 1766, Dr Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia is one of many called to testify in London as the Members of Parliament struggle to understand why Americans had so forcibly resisted the Stamp Act. These British legislators hope to avoid a repeat of the furious reaction across the Atlantic as they ponder how to generate revenue from the colonies and remind those colonies of Parliament's right to tax and control them
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the boston massacre where john adams fought the british after they shot in the streets of boston in the 1770 this event sark the american revolution more then 2.000 british soldider tried to enfocus britanin tax laws like the stamp act and townshend acts -
the boston tea party matked a critcal moment in the history of the american revolution as an act colonial defiance against british rule in boston harbour on the 12/16/1773 american colonist disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships and threw 340 chests of tea owned by the East India Company into the water It was protest about the tax on tea levied without representation -
although the section of the lee resolution dealing with independence was adopted untilb july appointed on june 10 a committe of 5 to draft a statement of independence for the colonies the committee had Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman, with the actual writing delegated to Jefferson
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On January 10, 1776, the publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense became the first viral mass communications event in America The first version of Paine’s pamphlet was printed just a few blocks from the current-day National Constitution Center in colonial Philadelphia in 1776, and it went viral, in the current sense of the word, when it hit the cobblestone streets here. Common Sense sold 120,000 copies -
Immediately following his famous crossing of the Delaware River, General George Washington marched the Continental Army to Trenton, New Jersey. The army's forces included horses, guns, wagons, and soldiers, stretching for nearly one mile. The weather had worsened from when they crossed the river the night prior, but the army continued to proceed as Washington rode up and down the column pressing his men to carry on. The Battle of Trenton began on the morning of December 26, 1776 us atack the uk. -
Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius The Sidereal Messenger is published. In the book Galileo describes his discoveries of four moons revolving around the planet Jupiter. These discoveries support the Copernican heliocentric theory, which proposed that Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun. For centuries astronomy had been based on Ptolemy’s theory that Earth was the center of the universe and motionless The book is one of the scientific texts considered foundational to the Enlightenment
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The Battle of Camden was one of several devastating defeats suffered by the Americans in the early stages of the British military offensive in the South. After capturing Charleston in May 1780, British forces under General Charles Lord Cornwallis established a supply depot and garrison at Camden as part of their effort to secure control of the South Carolina backcountry. In July, American Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates marched his army into South Carolina, intent on liberating the state from British -
The Battle of Yorktown, also known as the Siege of Yorktown, was a decisive land battle that concluded the American Revolutionary War place in Yorktown, Virginia, from September 28 to October 19, 1781, and resulted in the surrender of British General Lord Cornwallis and his army to the combined American and French forces. This victory effectively secured American independence When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington’s American force
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The American War for Independence 1775 to 1783 was actually a world conflict, involving not only the United States and Great Britain, but also France, Spain, and the Netherlands. The peace process brought a nascent United States into the arena of international diplomacy, playing against the largest and most established powers on earth The three American negotiators john Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay proved themselves ready for the world stage, achieving many of the items -
What was the Great Compromise of 1787? Also known as the Sherman Compromise, this agreement was reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 between delegates of the states with large and small populations that defined the structure of Congress and the number of representatives each state would have in Congress according to the United States Constitution. Under the agreement proposed by Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman, Congress would be a bicameral or two-chambered body
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The amendments James Madison proposed were designed to win support in both houses of Congress and the states he focused on rights-related amendments ignoring suggestions that would have structurally changed the government The House passed a joint resolution containing 17 amendments based on Madison’s proposal The Senate changed the joint resolution to consist of 12 amendments joint House and Senate Conference Committee settled remaining disagreements President Washington sent copies -
In 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention found themselves confronted with the question of slavery and how hundreds of thousands of enslaved Black people in the new republic would affect the Constitution. The humanity and rights of these enslaved Americans were not a priority of the delegates as they debated this issue. Rather, their debates centered on if and how the enslaved persons would be counted when allocating seats in the new House of Representatives