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Birth of The American Republic
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The Sugar act
In 1764 British was spending so much money on wars so they decided they should do something about it. So they ended up passing the Stamp and Sugar act. Which forced colonist to pay for things such as news papers and pamphlets, and it imposed import taxes.This upset colonist as they were losing their money to wars they didn't even want to join in the first place.This contributed to the birth of the American republic because it caused colonist to fight these taxes, to get rid of these unfair acts. -
The Massacre on Boston
A crowd of colonist were protesting the reign of Britain, in the act of protesting the crowd was pelting the British soldiers with snowballs and rocks, when one of the soldiers who got hit, grew upset and fired a shot into the crowd. All of a sudden, all the soldiers started to fire into the crowd, killing 5 colonist. This even changed American history because, everyone in Boston found out what the British were doing, and decided to help protest and join the drive for freedom. -
The Boston tea Party
Many colonist disagreed with Boston tea act and new sugar Act, it was only a matter of time before conflict happened. In 1773 a group of colonist who were upset with the British's new acts, snuck onto a British ship and hurled a cargo full of tea into the Boston harbor to protest the act on tea. This led to the birth of America because, it showed the British that the colonist weren't going to abide by their acts, this made the British grow angry, and led to other conflicts later in the years. -
Colonist Declare Independence
In 1776 the second continental congress made massive step in the right direction, a step that would bring America a lot closer to independence from Britain. The Continental congress created the declaration of independence. This document also had some ideas of authors like John Locke, which basically stated people had the right to abolish a unjust government. This basically gave people the right to impeach a unfair ruler. This in its own was probably the biggest moment in the American revolution. -
The Battle That Changed It All
In 1777, the colonist marched into the Battle of Saratoga. Without having a victory yet, this battle would play a vital role in weather the colonist would be able to defeat the British or not. After beating the British in the battle of Saratoga, the Americans not only gained confidence for the next battles, they also got the France to form an alliance with them and help them battle the British in war.The French brought trained soldiers and huge war ships, this changed history forever.
