Tea Party movement

“Taxation without representation” was the slogan of the Revolutionary war, and this led to the colonies gaining independence from Britain. Colonists came to America from Britain in the 1600s and settled in the 13 colonies, most of the states in northeast United States. Britain had just won the French and Indian War. It was in great debt and could not afford to fight another war. To pay off debts, Parliament, the elective body of government, had decided to pass a series of acts. Two acts that allowed

Sebastian Rale during one of raids of our settlements. Sebastian wrote, “About this time a score of savages entered into one of the english houses, to trade or to rest… they saw the house suddenly surrounded by a troop of nearly 200 armed (british) men… (The english) assuring them that they had come only to invite some of them to go to boston, to confer with the governor, on the means of keeping peace and a good understanding . The savages , a little too credulous (trusting), (sent) four of their

“Mohawk” Indians boarded three boats docked at the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, and proceeding in destroying countless amounts of tea. The “Mohawks” were truly the radical “Sons of Liberty”, disguised to conceal their identities. The “Mohawks” were protesting the Tea Act, in a extremely violent manner. The British were furious about the destruction of the tea, and requested the price of their wrongfully destroyed private property to be fully reimbursed by the colonies, while also demanding that

If someone has another person’s loyalty, then they have been shown constant support and allegiance by the other person. However, if the person who is proving their loyalty fails to maintain the same constant support and allegiance, the loyalty between the two can be threatened. Although this interaction appears to be a social issue of our daily lives, it can politically depict a similar relationship between patriotism in a democracy and citizens of that democratic nation. The nature of patriotism

French and Indian war came way before the American revolution, but had a big role in leading to the horrific war. Great Britain had many enemies two of them being the French and Indians. This war started when the French wanted the land that the British wanted as well. Starting in 1754 and ending in 1763, the French and Indian war, also known as the Seven years war, was ended with the treaty of Paris. This treaty was made to end the French and Indian war, France gave up all its territories in mainland

Down with the monarchy, we are no ones subjects. "Long live the queen" more like long live the British defecit. Over the last few years the British government has made a lot of cuts to the things we desperately need such as education, housing, health and public services. When will the madness end? The biggest mistake the government are making is cutting from the minor things we do not need that could be easily taken away with few setbacks like the monarchy. In the early 1800's, the royals were

“Remember, remember, the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.” This inspirational quote made by V in V for Vendetta, originates from Guy Fawkes plot to blow up the British Parliament building and, in an act of protest, assassinate King James I and return a Catholic monarch to the British throne. In the UK today, November 5th is celebrated as Guy Fawkes Day, and is the equality to the US Halloween. Guy Fawkes effigies

The beginnings of the English Civil war began in 1629 when King Charles I of England dismissed Parliament. Instead he put England under his personal rule, and placed taxes on the people without Parliament approving of it. Parliament believed his non-parliamentary taxes on the people of England was a crime. The king was not happy about this which made Parliament think that the king might be plotting against them. This tension caused neither Parliament nor the king to trust each other and made it a

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. This placed a tax on newspapers, almanacs, all kinds of legal documents, license and so on. This also led to a widespread protest in the American colonies. This led to a slogan- "No taxation without representation!" The Virginia General Assembly created the Virginia Resolves which is the legislative body of the commonwealth of Virginia. Prominently, it is defined as one of the first acts of open revolution to a British law. The Stamp Act is the

Lily Otchere Mr. Johnson homework# TASK: Who we go from just colonist to America’s? We came from colonies to America when we gained our independence from the Great British.There were many events that led American colonists to fight for the independence or their revolution. The American revolutionary war lasted (1775 - 1783). Theses were the Causes of the War. One cause was British wanted to make as much money as they could make from 13 Colonies. The British had adopted the policy