HISTORICAL ANALOGY OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Introduction CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1ST (1774) AND 2ND (1775-1781). The political state of affairs in Massachusetts produced by the English Coercive Acts, that had been approved in reaction to the Boston Tea Party, riled up such radical New York patriot leaders as Alexander McDougall and Isaac Sears and to suggest the assembly of a general colonial congress to the Boston Committee of Correspondence. The Massachusetts General Assembly
FIGHT: THE BIRTH OF THE ARMY USAACE NCOA SSG Bryan J. Lowney 15Z SLC 17-003 SFC Maradol Americans have had a sense of freedom and independence since before there was a United States of America. Americans have always believed in their way of life; they have been fighting for their way of life since before their country existed. The battles of Lexington and Concord happened during April of 1775. These military engagements were accomplished by the Massachusetts State militia; led, equipped
lost a great deal from money during the war. Everyone that was in the colonists was happy to be British back then in the 1700’s. None of the colonists liked it when they all had been taxed while they were in war because that makes their paychecks less than what they normally get. The only thing that the British had to do was boycott because of tax incomes was getting to them during war. All of the Americans that was their in the war or out was independent to their self’s or who they have lived with
Virginia Convention in 1775, just when the American Revolution commenced. What is the American Revolution? Well let me break it down for you. Essentially, there were 3 key factors that contributed to the American Revolution; first, The French and Indian War and the distance between Britain and the colonies; Second, the sudden transmutation in British policy and the placement of obligations; Third, the American’s desire to oppose the British. The first cause of the American Revolution was the French
British wanted to be in control of the American colonies so they began to places taxes on them. The British were very powerful having a great military. The American had little to no military training. However they stood their ground and rebelled against the British. After the Peace of Paris of 1763, the British were confident in their mastery of North America. However by attempting to tighten their control over their American colonies they initiated a series of poorly thought out programs and policies
around them I mean the colonial Americans. Then continued to influence during and throughout the times of the American Revolution. After the Treaty of Paris was constructed in 1763, the British people were given a whole new empire to control. For this, the British created new polices to be enforced in the future (American Revolution). This was a huge task to handle, considering they were still in debt. But on the plus side they were given land form the Americans to expand there rule. In order to
Overview of the American Revolution The American Revolution happened between 1775 and 1783 and to others it is known as the U.S. War of Independence while others call it the American Revolutionary War. It was not until the Seven Years’ of War ended in 1783 that few colonists in the Northern Part of America gave objections to their position in the British Empire. The imperial system of the British people saw it reap many benefits and the costs linked to the system were few. Indeed, the American colonies
them by the British (Schultz, K., 2013). Their attempt to reform the American colonies contributed to the growth of the Revolutionary movement because the British tried to enforce stricter policies and laws (Schultz, K. M., 2013). The British wanted to tighten the policies over the colonial officials so that it would reduce the corruption, the British wanted control over the area of land that the settlers occupied, and they wanted to raise revenue by taxing goods. Although the British were adamant
a disagreement over a policy and paying the of a war that was led to a colonial discontent, and also to the American revolution. The Boston tea party was an important event for the revolutionary war which made the colonists started the violence in the revolutionary war. For the colonist, it was there the first time to try violence against their own government which led to war by acts which were a series of laws passed by the British in 1770. The British initiated acts after the Boston tea party which
Comparison of the American Revolution and Mexican Movement for Independence On July 4, 1776. An unprecedented event occurred that will change the world forever. A colony successfully won its own war against their mother nation, and became a newly formed independent country. The idea of nations breaking apart and forming new countries took the world by storm. Soon after, countries residing in Latin America also began to break away from their mother land. By the 1900’s many Latin American countries were