American Revolution Dbq

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American revolution 1774-Peace of Paris:
The signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the seven years war, also known as the French and Indian War in North America. Britain came out owning all land East of the Mississippi River; Spain kept its land West of the Mississippi River but traded Florida for Cuba. On October 07, 1763 the Proclamation of 1763 was proclaimed by George III who prohibited all settlement west of Appalachian Mountains without guarantees of security from local Native American nations. This offended the thirteen colonies, “claim to exclusive right to govern lands to their West.” George III was wary of the cost of defending the colonies which is the reason for the Proclamation of 1763. The Sugar Act on April 05, 1764 was the …show more content…

The duties were on tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint to pay for the administrations of the colonies. The Townshend Act was named after Charles Townshend who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer, however he had protests from a publisher named John Dickinson who published a letter from a Philadelphia farmer. The Colonial assembly condemned the taxation without proper representation. It was over a year later on October 01 of 1768 British troops arrived in Boston because of all the political outrage. Two years after that March 05 of 1770 the Boston Massacre played out. The people, angered by the presence of the British troops in Boston and the Britain’s colonial policy, began to harass some soldiers who were protecting the customs house. One soldier was knocked down by a snowball and accidentally discharged his musket, thus sparking a volley into the crowd which unfortunately killed five civilians. this cause the repeal of the townshend Revenue Act on the day of April 12, 1770. This, of course, inspired the burning of the Gaspee on June 10 of 1772 in Rhode Island the revenue schooner Gaspee was burned by the locals who were angered by the enforcement of trade legislation. On May 10 of 1773 The tea Act played out. Parliament, in an effort to to support East india Company, took away their tea import duties and allowed the East india Company to sell it teas, without going through Britain's …show more content…

This sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War, the battle of Lexington and Concord. This the battle where Paul Revere warned the Minutemen the British were coming. On June 16 of 1775 continental congress appointed George Washington commander in chief of their army, the continental army. He then issued 2$ million bills of credit to fund the Army. The next day the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major war of the War of Independence, commenced. Sir William Howe removed William Prescott’s army to move past Boston at a cost of 1054 British casualties. July 05, 1775 Olive-Branch Petition was created by Congress to endorse a proposal of recognition of American rights, which ended the Intolerable Act for good in exchange for a cease fire. However, George III rejected this proposal and in August of 1775 he declared an open rebellion of the colonies. The year 1776 consisted of acts to aid the war. January 09, 1776 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was anonymously published in Philadelphia. May 02, 1776 France provides covert aid to America. July 04, 1776 Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence. In winter of 1775-1776 the Invasion of Canada by Benedict Arnold occurred. August-December 26 of 1776 two battles occurred, the battle of Long Island and White Plains where British forces take over New York after defeating America, and

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