American Revolution Dbq

History has many exciting and devastating times.During the 1600s-1700s there has been a series of acts and wars.During this time there were many famous people at the time this happened.People like George Washington,Benjamin Franklin,Paul Revere,and King George III.One of the reasons is because after the French and Indian War;the british were taxing without representation.This starts the American Revolution.The British and the Patriots started to get heated at one another.After the French and Indian War the British said no one was a loud to cross the Appalachian Mountains,but the colonist did anyway.This is how the American Revolution happened.

The Navigation Acts of 1660 was where the British made the colonist put taxes on anything and everything

the imported and exported.This Act was probably the most money king got out of any tax or act.Just like every Act the King George III places the colonist start getting mad,and being mad makes the king make more taxes.George didn’t repeal this Act until about 1660.It made some colonist strive and some not so much.The colonist started to resort to tar and feathering.This was the only thing the king did not like.So he repealed the Act.The colonist took this as a moment to celebrate,and it gave King George III to plan on his next tax.
Why do you think the French and Indian war started?You probably wouldn’t think it was involved with fur do you?Well that exactly what happened.It all started with the Indians trying to make some money.But it did not go all to planned.While the Indians were making money this was a time to strike for Columbus.Columbus was sailing to the Americas.He was doing that because they were going to take over their land.After a few months of trash talking each other.The Indians had a peace treaty that they were going to give Columbus,but not all gone to planned.One of Columbus’ men shot one of the rival indian tribes;then it turned into a little skirmish.After that was all done Columbus and his men had to retreat,and go back to Britain to tell the king the news.So the king sends troops to the Ohio river valley to clean up the things that columbus started.After that the British came out on top.And had to sign the treaty of paris.
Pontiac’s rebellion was a rebellion on leading against the frontier.And Chief Pontiac wanted to not defend with his men at the frontier .If him and his men left they would be charged for treason.The Proclamation of 1763 was allowing Pontiac and his men to leave the frontier.This was a big win for Pontiac and his men.This would allow him and his men to accomplish more than what they were doing at the frontier.
Do you know what the Sugar Act is?It is a tax on sugar.Since the king of Britain didn’t think the last tax was harsh enough;he declared that he released the Sugar Act.You probably wouldn’t think this is not that bad,but it actually made the colonist life’s just a little harder than it actually was.Back then everyone loved tea,and they wanted to something to make it better.So,they added sugar.They used it for cooking,baking,and tea.They used to buy sugar all the time.Until it started to get taxed.Colonist started to protest.But,it obviously wasn’t enough to change the king’s mind about the release of the tax.Since no one was buying sugar they stopped taxing it to the colonist.But that wasn’t the last tax he would repeal.
The Stamp Act of :1765 was an act on anything to deal with paper.Now this was a time where they used stamps and paper to write notes,so the tax got a lot of the colonist flustered.Since you had to get a stamp to send something it meant more money out of your pockets;and into the king’s.So people started to protest and that’s something the king doesn’t want to happen.This act got so bad that the colonist started a group or gang to start fighting the british.It was called the Sons of Liberty.They would tar and feather tax collectors..This was a harsh tactic used by the colonist.The king started to send even more soldiers to Boston.This act made people go homeless more worse it started the Declaratory act of 1766:
The Declaratory act was an act on the revenue of the sugar act.This act was basically getting all the money from the stamp act.People still protested about taxes,and they always will until the american revolution happens.the Declaratory acts was an act that was followed up by the repealment of the stamp act.Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in Britain.

The declaratory act was the response to the repeal of the stamp act.This was the lead to the Townshend Acts of

1767.
The Townshend Acts were took into place by King George III.The Townshend acts imposed duties on glass,lead,paints,paper,and tea imported into the colonies.Many colonist thought this act was an abuse of power.So,this lead to agreements of limited imports from Britain on 1768-1769 Non-Importation Agreements led to the reduced colonial imports from Britain .The Townshend duties except the tea.The release of the duties of the Townshend Acts,was falling into a tea Act.The tax on tea was of course tax on tea.And they were only aloud to by British tea.This angered almost all the colonist.This lead the Boston Massacre.

The Boston Massacre of:1770 was a devastating day for both sides of the war.It was March 5,1770,on King St.5 people died.The mob of colonist were playing around and throwing snowballs at a group of soldiers.Armed with Flintlock muskets they shot into a group of colonist.They killed 5 people.Some of them didn’t die by being actually shot,but infections around the wound.The Boston massacre really wasn’t a real massacre like we see today.the British that night before that started burning colonist house’s down.The Massacre was the point where the colonist had enough and started to fight

back.
The Boston Tea Party:1773 the British made a new tax on the colonist drank tea.And you could only buy rea from the seller the British told you to get it from.So,one day the colonist had to unload the British tea from the ship.Well the colonist took that as a message to attack.that night colonist’s dressed up as Indians and through the tea overboard.The amount of tea they through overboard was the cost of about a million U.S. dollars today.And the exact same day tar and feathered the captain of the boat.Tar and feathered is exactly what it sounds like.The colonist pour tar on the victim,and dumps feathers on the victim.
Do you know what the intolerable acts are?They are also known as the coercive acts.These acts were to punish the colonist for what they did.Like the Boston Tea party and the tar and feathering.What angered the British was the colonist still protesting.It was until 1774,4 years from then the intolerable acts got repealed.If you didn’t know;the intolerable acts were 5 different laws to which the colonist objected,The first law was the quartering acts.The second law that was passed was, the administration of justice act.And the fourth and Pinal acts.The Massachusetts.The Governor.All these acts,were the turning point of all the of the revolution.
After all these taxes;the American colonist still stood proud and strong.The British thought they had weakened them enough for war.But,it was obviously not enough for the British.The colonist fired back fired back,and the colonist won the war.After they had won the colonist had a lot to think about.They had to figure out a plan to run their country,and to find a president.The president would soon be George Washington.And he had to pick the represenitaves..And the vice president.The U.S had a lot to think about