The Role Of The Controversy Of Rebellion In Rhode Island

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries colonial America experienced a number of rebellions by various groups for a variety of reasons. The protests took place in Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York. Each protest began for a different reason, however, all involved the discontent that some groups underwent in the colonies. Some of the most notable rebellions include Bacon's Rebellion, The Regulator Uprising, Leislor's Rebellion, Culpepper's Rebellion, and the Paxton Boys Uprising.

Before their arrival, most of the colonies had become aware of the act that had been imposed and resolved to reject any tea shipments from the East India Company, refusing all ships to come inland — all except for Boston. In late November, three shiploads of tea arrived at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston harbour. The Dartmouth arriving first was prevented from being unloaded by a man by the name of Samuel Adams. Adams was the leader of the Sons of Liberty, a group of men united to resist new taxation. It was only a few days later when two more ships arrived: Eleanor and Beaver. Upon their arrival, the colonists held a meeting at the Old South Meetinghouse determining that the ships should be released without any payment of duty. Thomas Hutchinson, the Royal Governor, heard about the colonists meeting and immediately refused the ships to leave, insisting that the taxes must be paid. This greatly infuriated the colonists and that evening, they planned to retaliate. On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams led a group of colonists who disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians. This group of men, the Sons of Liberty, consisted of artisans, craftsmen and many others who were determined to defend their rights against the British. The masked-men “boarded the three British ships and dumped over three-hundred and forty-two chests of tea into the Boston

Boston, Massachusetts The home of radical colonists. The colony whose self ruling of 70 years would end with British rule in 1691. My family, the Wright’s, were among the first Puritans to arrive in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century. They came here searching for religious freedom and established a church for future generations. Since then, our colony has undergone several changes. Our family has shifted away from religion and we are more involved with trade and commerce. As Boston expands into a trading colony, the British would enforce more and more regulations. Several colonists speak of unimaginable, radical ideas that seem too childish to believe it would happen to our colonies. Rumors are spreading about unrest among colonists

These new duties were enacted in reaction to the Stamp Act and raised taxes on consumer goods. This money was intended to pay the salaries of appointed officials. The colonial response to this was a reinstating in some colonies of the boycott of British goods begun in response to the Stamp Act and continued resentment. Afterall, the predominant feeling was that the colonists were being forced to pay taxes to a government in which they were not represented to fund their continued oppression. Yet, the colonists continued to grudgingly tolerate British exploitation as the benefits of being part of their empire still outweighed the affronts to their liberty.

There are many reasons why the American colonist decided to rebel. One cause is the British Parliament. They started The Stamp Act and The Sugar Act. They made and raised taxes on sugar and on every printed piece of paper such as stamps, licenses, newspapers and even playing cards. Another reason they rebelled is the French and Indian war. This war lasted from 1754 to 1763. Colonists were taxed to help pay for the troops fighting in the war.The taxes were often raised and colonists were angry because of this. The last reason of why the colonist rebelled is the Boston Massacre. The British were angered by the taxes from the government so they decided to protest and a battle broke out and several people were shot and killed.

Rhode island was founded by Roger Williams and others that were in providence, in the year of 1636. Rhode island, in rebellion against Great Britain, joined the twelve colonies. The name Rhode island is not the original name. Roodt Eyladt is the original name, meaning red island witch is referring to the red clay that lined the shores of the island. After the British took over, the name was changed.

England made any town meeting, except authorized by the governor illegal, and housed British soldiers in select public buildings. In Massachusetts the British military governor, General Gage, ordered his 3,500 British soldiers in Boston to seize armories and storehouses in Charlestown and Cambridge. After the seizure, 20,000 colonial militiamen mobilized to protect other military supply depots and in the town of Concord the famous defensive force, the Minutemen, were organized.2 With these acts Parliament declared that Massachusetts was in open rebellion. British Secretary of State, Lord Dartmouth, quickly ordered Gage to send his soldiers on a search and destroy mission to capture colonial leaders, and military supplies in Concord. “At the same time Gage would attempt to find, capture, or kill John Hancock and Samuel Adams.”3 The stage was set for the first major engagements of the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Bacon is one of the few rebellious people whose name has been taught from school to school in America. “Why is that?”, you may ask, “why him? Why is his rebellion significant in American history?”. Bacon’s rebellion used to be seen as the start of the American Revolution, but now, modern historians have uncovered the truth of the Virginian Rebellion of 1676. Historians have found out that the real issue that caused Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion was his stubbornness and selfishness. People may specifically point fingers to a number of reasons for Bacon 's rebellion, they may include the following: economic problems, commercial competition from Maryland and Carolina, a restricted English market, and the rising prices from English

The Gaspee Affair began when the Gaspee ship was chasing a merchant ship that was smuggling goods. Lt. William Dudingston was the commander of the HMS Gaspee. King George III sent the Gaspee to The Rhode Island Waters. King George told them to stop the smuggling ships and to enforce the maritime trade laws. Along the way to stop the ships, the people on the ship made no friends with the colonist. The ship stopped at the Gaspee point, which was once known as the

Disputes over religion, land, and power ignited various revolts within New England. In Maryland and Massachusetts, disagreements in religion caused many to protest. Around the 1650s, tensions between Catholics and Protestants rose because both Puritans and Jesuits longed to impose their religion over all others. Subsequently, in 1655, a civil war allowed Protestants to rule the government. Similarly, a difference in religious beliefs again caused massive protests in Massachusetts. Williams argued that their church should permanently break away from the Church of England. Another protester, Anne Hutchinson, considered many clergymen as non elect and thus, had no right to wield authority. These differences in religious beliefs gradually led to

While the British were in the streets of Boston the colonists decided to protest the king. The colonists were protesting that the taxes that the kind had on the people were unfair. The colonists started with using verbal abuse, but eventually they started throwing things and beating the soldiers. The colonists were saying things like “Fire you bloody lobsters” and throwing things such as snowballs, pebbles, rocks, sticks basically anything they could find. Since the colonists were threatening the British they had a reason to fire. A report made shows that one colonist was physically beating one of the British guards. This colonist had no charges filed against him, but the British soldier was the one who fired the first shot. The British was put in jail for using self defense against the

In his article “The British Are Coming (Sort Of),” Brian Leigh Dunnigan explores the true events behind Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”. Dunnigan argues that the importance of Longfellow’s poem does not rest on its historical accuracy, but rather its illustration of America as it stood on the precipice of rebellion. Dunnigan addresses the criticism that Longfellow has received for his historical inaccuracies, such as “implying that Revere was the only horseman and then for having him wait impatiently for the signal on the ‘opposite’, or Charlestown, shore” (Dunnigan). Dunnigan does not dispute the claims of inaccuracies; however, he maintains that Longfellow’s intention in writing the poem was to create a literary, not historical,

Civil disobedience is a crucial part of any free society, especially a society that wishes to give its citizens the most liberty possible. Looking back on American history, one can see that the colonists originally protested the laws that Britain had imposed, and had done so peacefully. By not paying taxes and by assembling outside public offices, the colonists disobeyed British laws and the British crown. Their protests not only helped spark the American Revolution, but also made light of the fact that any free society relies on its citizens to disobey the government, especially when it's done peacefully.

Fighting. Loss. Victory. Freedom. A war that would determine the fate of a new nation. A nation that we call home. The American Revolution, America’s separation from Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris brought forth the freedom that has become part of the America dream, ending the war in 1783 and officially declaring the colonies free. No one event can be pinpointed as the official and actual cause of the war. It began as a major disagreement over how the colonies were being treated and how they believed they deserved to be treated. Did Americans own all the rights of the British? This conflict will forever be remembered in one of the rallying cries of the American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation. Although taxation was the

Puritans in the Civil War of the 1640s, thus there was a major conflict of conscience and activities.