Road to Revolution - Aeriel Randolph
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Updated: 6 Sep 2018
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Boston Massacre
- Colonist started protesting
- They created a big scene
- The redcoats (British Army) were armed and started killing people for protesting
- Killed 5 peopleBoston Tea Party
- Protested by colonist in Boston
- Didn't like being taxed on tea
- Boston Patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians and got on ships and dumped 342 containers in the HarborFirst Continental Congress
- 56 Delegates from every 13 colonies except for Georgia met
- This meeting was held in Philadelphia
- The meeting was so they could colonial rights
- They talked about the Coercive Acts
- Talked about the new taxesEngland won the warThomas Paine writes “Common Sense”
- A pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies
- It holds morals and arguments to encourage common people to fight for the egalitarian government.
- Held arguments such as independence from England and, the creation of a democratic republic.Declaration of Independence
- A statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House
- Basic ideas of our beliefs and the role of our government
- The declaration of independence has 5 parts Preamble, the Statement of Human Rights, Charges Against Human Rights, Charges Against the King and Parliament, and the Statement of Separation and Signatures.Periods
French and Indian War
- The war lasted for 7 years
- England won this war
- England went into debt
- Colonist was heavily taxed
- Colonist didn't like the fact they had to pay them when they already did what they were supposed to do
- Colonist protested
- King George made it to where you were only allowed to pay taxes for tea.
- Later on they didn't like being taxed on tea.Revolutionary War
- Also, known as The American War of Independence
- A war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies
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