American Revolution Dbq

The British had control of America. The colonists living there did not have very much
freedom at all. Now the British were tightening their hold on the colonists like a snake coiling a
mouse it just caught. The British were tightening down their hold by taxing the colonists and the
British were also heavily in debt so they thought that the colonists could help get them out of
debt after the eight year war they just recently had.
In this Paper I will talk about one of the men that stood up against the British. His name
was George Washington. I will also talk about the war that was started in response of the
colonists standing up for their freedom called the American Revolutionary war. I will talk about
the acts that led up to the American Revolutionary war such as Tea

act, the Stamp act, and the
Boston Massacre that resulted after a mob stood up against the British; but mostly I will focus on
one person. That is George Washington.
Attempts by the British government to raise revenue by taxing the colonies (notably the
Stamp Act ​
of 1765, the Townshend Tariffs of 1767 and the ​
Tea Act ​
of 1773) met with heated
protest among many colonists, who resented their lack of representation in Parliament and
demanded the same rights as other British subjects.

(History.com Staff, “American Revolution
History”).

The Stamp act enforced a tax on all legal documents and printed goods. It was enforced
in 1765. It included a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, etc. The tea act was when the British
decided to raise taxes on Tea. It was enforced in 1773. The taxes resulted in The Boston Tea
Party when a group of colonists boarded three ships and threw 342 crates of tea overboard.
As a result of the raised taxes there was many protests. One was known as the Boston Tea
Party. During the protests a group of colonists were shot and killed by the British known as the
Boston massacre. When the colonists wanted to be free from British rule it made it harder for the
British to rule the land.
It was then that the colonists wanted freedom, but the British still wanted to control
America for its rich and abundant natural resources. There rose a man named George
Washington. He became the leader to lead an army for America’s freedom.
First we will go back in time. George Washington was born February 22, 1732

in
Virginia. His dad died when he was eleven and he was taking care of his mom.
In 1774 George Washington, John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry And John Jay met
in philadelphia in september to voice their grievances against the British crown. The first
continental congress did not demand independence from Britain but it did denounce taxation.
The continental Congress voted to meet again in 1775 of May to consider further action, but at
that time violence had already broken out. (History.com Staff, “American Revolution History”).