know the importance of the story of Paul Revere. This is because over hundreds of years, the story has been over looked. Many schools and teachers don’t teach the story of Paul Revere, but in the end, the story has a major impact on the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere was born on January 1, 1735, in Boston Massachusetts. Paul grew up in Boston working for his fathers silversmiths business, that would later on be passed down as his own. Paul married Sarah Orne on August 4, 1757
The French and Indian war caused the American Revolution. Great Britain began to pass restrictive measures on the colonies and enforce laws made by the king and parliament to deal with the large debt placed on Great Britain from the war. These new laws and taxes helped unite many colonists in protest against the British Crown. Colonists staged boycotts and engaged in other forms of resistance--these reactions led to increasing tensions between Britain and the colonies and ultimately to the outbreak
Freemasonry is commonly referred to as a secret society; however, I don’t believe that many people actually know the facts of freemasonry. Freemasonry is often portrayed in movies, TV, and other forms of media. Many people even today are masons. You can see it on license plates on vehicles, there are masonic lodges scattered throughout the United States, you may even know a few masons, but not the origins or story of it. People will often compare Freemasonry to the “Illuminati,” and they believe
the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The Intolerable Acts: • Following the events of the Boston Tea Party, the British were very angry, and in 1774, Parliament passed many laws to reprimand the Mass. Colony and show other colonies of the consequences of retaliation. They were officially called Coercive Acts, but were given the name Intolerable Acts by the colonists. • One of the acts closed the Boston Harbor, until colonists
unfair taxation and corruption in government and social systems. After the French and Indian war left Britain in debt, the citizens in the colonies were taxed higher and given new sets of rules that many felt were unfair. Some common products like tea, coffee, sugar and indigo were taxed at a higher price along with printed goods like newspaper, playing cards and legal documents. Britain was partially right to tax the colonists because they fought to protect the colonists rights and privileges in
Source A: This cartoon shows a British colonialist sitting on a box of tea after the Boston Tea Party. The colonist, clearly in a position of weakness, says “make no mistake… I’m still in command of this vessel.” Despite the colonist’s words, the patriots had clearly “won this battle”, and had taken a huge step forward towards independence. The cartoon shows that this event, organised by the Boston Patriots, weakened the colonists, and helped the Americans in their fight for independence. Context
However it was the Tea Act of 1773 which united patriots and spread the perception that King George III was a tyrant. This caused the Boston Tea Party which rallied patriots together in order to demonstrate to England the colonies discontentment. Instead of receiving recognition or representation however England then passed the Coercive Act and broadened the Quartering Act as punishment. This while being an important milestone in the
The book the Boston Massacre was written by Hiller B. Zobel in 1970. It narrates one of the saddest stories in the United States. In fact that massacre has a background which led the population into the worst situation. Boston, at that time, was a major center of resistance to unpopular acts of taxation by the British Parliament in 1760. Beyond that, the Townshend Acts, a series of taxes, were add upon the colonists in 1768. These Townshend acts taxes, were placed on a variety of items that were
Congress and eventually the Declaration of Independence. Boston Tea Party On December 16, 1773, American patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded the vessels of the East Indian Company docked in the Boston harbor and dumped all the tea that was on the three ships into the ocean. They emptied 342 chests of tea which was valued at more than 10,000 pounds. This event became known as the "Boston Tea Party." The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to the Tea Act of 1773 that was passed by Parliament to save
liberty or give me death.”- Patrick Henry. It is April 19th 1775, the American Revolution breaks out in Concord, Massachusetts. British troops enter Concord to steal the colonists’ weapons so they could not fight against the King. With the help of Paul Revere and two other men the militia are prepared to fight against the British soldiers. Eight colonist die which makes the start of the American Revolution in 1775. Why did the American Revolution happen? Why was their British soldiers in America? Philosophies