The Role Of Imperialism In The American Revolution

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SLIDE 1 Good Morning/afternoon Mr Vega and Students Today I will be talking about imperialism in the American Revolution. SLIDE 2 Imperialism is when a empire or nation extends the authority over another colony or country. In this case, it was Great Britain holding authority over the American people. However, the revolution was anti-imperialism because the American people led by George Washington wanted to be free of British Rule. SLIDE 3 This started when Great Britain were left in a huge debt after the French and Indian War in 1763. The British Parliament said it had fought the long and costly war to protect the American people from the French in Canada. Parliament said it was right to tax the American colonists to help pay bills …show more content…

But a few years earlier, 2000 Tar Heels (North Carolinian citizens) farmers led a rebellion due to the tax they were paying and the amount of property that was being taken away by the British.. However, the Governor and his troops quickly put an end to the rebellion in the Battle of Alamance. SLIDE 6: Much of the violence occurred in Boston and in 1768, 4000 British troops stormed Boston in order to suppress smuggling. The British Parliament threatened to charge Massachusetts (citizens in Boston) for treason but they were not at all intimidated. Colonists then went on to boycott British goods forcing panicky soldiers to kill 5 colonists sparking outrage. Then in 1773, Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty boarded 3 ships and threw over 342 shipments of tea into the harbour in protest of the British Parliament tax on tea. This was known as The Boston Tea Party. From here the Revolution had begun. SLIDE 7 Rebellion groups which included George Washington and other commanders and generals based many of their revolutionary ideas around French enlightenment

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