Lead-up to a revolution.Tom Paine's Common Sense (see pp. 12-15) was just one of many factors that spurred an increasing number of colonists to see themselves as independent Americans rather than as British subjects. This chronology shows some flashpoints of American rebellion between the end of the French and Indian War French and Indian War North American phase of a war between France and Britain to control colonial territory (1754–63). The war's more complex European phase was the Seven Years' War. and the beginning of the American Revolution American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. . Study it, then answer the questions that follow. Chronology 1763: Treaty between Britain and France ends the French and Indian War. 1764: Britain's Parliament passes the Sugar Act, taxing molasses molasses, sugar byproduct, the brownish liquid residue left after heat crystallization of sucrose (commercial sugar) in the process of refining. Molasses contains chiefly the uncrystallizable sugars as well as some remnant sucrose. imported to the Colonies. 1765: Parliament passes the Stamp Act Stamp Act, 1765, revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry of George Grenville. The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies, it required that all newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, commercial bills, advertisements, and other , taxing all printed materials, and the Quartering Act, requiring colonists to let British troops commandeer com·man·deer tr.v. com·man·deered, com·man·deer·ing, com·man·deers 1. To force into military service. 2. To seize for military use; confiscate. 3. To take arbitrarily or by force. their homes. 1766: After months of boycotts and violent protests by colonists, King George III repeals (cancels) the Stamp Act. 1767: Parliament's Townshend Revenue Acts set a series of duties (indirect taxes) on imported goods. 1768: Bostonians refuse to pay duties; British warships enter Boston Harbor to enforce the law. 1770: Mar. 5: Boston Massacre--Five colonists are shot and killed by British soldiers during a protest-turned-riot. 1773: Dec. 16: Boston Tea Party--Protesters angry at taxes on imported tea toss tea chests off ships into Boston Harbor. 1774: Bostonians ignore British order to pay for damaged tea; British ships blockade Boston's port. 1775: Apr. 19: Shots fired at Lexington and Concord Noun 1. Lexington and Concord - the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) Lexington, Concord American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence - the revolution of the American , Massachusetts; American Revolution begins. QUESTIONS 1. Which chronology entries reflect Britain's attempts to recover from the expense of fighting the French and Indian War through taxes?-- 2. Why did the King repeal the Stamp Act?-- 3. What was Britain's first response to the Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party, 1773. In the contest between British Parliament and the American colonists before the Revolution, Parliament, when repealing the Townshend Acts, had retained the tea tax, partly as a symbol of its right to tax the colonies, partly to aid the ?-- 4. What was the second?-- 5. The Constitution's Third Amendment sags, in part, "No soldier shall ... be quartered in any house without the consent of the Owner." That was a response to which entry?-- Bonus research question: Name the lawyer who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, even though he opposed British rule. 1. the Sugar Act, 1264; the Stamp Act, 1265; the Townshend Revenue Acts, 1767 2. Many colonists refused to pay it, and some antitax protests turned violent. 3. Britain ordered Bostonians to pay for all the tea that was damaged. 4. When Bostonians refused to pay, Britain sent ships to blockade Boston's port. 5. the Quartering Act, passed in 1265 Bonus research question: John Adams, who became the second President of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. |
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