I learned that the people reacted in many different ways to the English acts and texes. The colonists did not like the taxes from England. The tea act was when the English taxed the colonists on tea. This infuriated the colonists and so when they recieved a shipment of tea from England, the colonists dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. The stamp act was a law that everything that was considered printed such as letters, newspapers and playing cards. The colonists boycotted all printe materials and they bought items that said no stamp act.
I thought it was interesting how the colonists werent afraid to stand up to what they wanted and that they werent afraid of being killed by England. I found this interesting because if it was our days nobody would stand up to the government like these people did.
I learned... - at first the colonists saw themselves as equal to the mother country - becoming self confident - the government, however, saw them as inferiors - believed they have the power to dictate their lives, their laws, and policies - Ohio River Valley---> had strong indian confedercies, the french, and the british - 1754, french vs. english = 7 yrs war - 1756- "erupts into international conflicts" - Spain stayed neutral for the 7 yrs war - The Proclamation didn't stop people from going "up west" it just meant you couldn't open up land. this bothered a lot of planters. - Virginia planters support boycotts against taxes/tariffs - Blacks would say they were the first to shed blood in what would become the revolutionary war. - Christmas A. first to actually shed blood, black - The economy and diverse population were factors in the growing tension. - Mercantilism, custom regulations, the Navigation Acts, the taxes, etc. played a role too. Colonists were not seen as englishmen. - George Washington wrote a letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 20, 1774, saying how he won't pay that extra tax for sugar and tea, why give parliament his money? He thinks they have no right. - Whites disguised as Indians throw 340 + crates/boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor - First Continental Congress meets in Britain
I Learned about how the Spanish stayed neutral for the seven years war. ".....for some bizarre reason the Spanish did not get involved....." I learned that the Spanish actually feared Britain. I found it interesting when the speaker in the video was saying how the economy and diversion in the colonies were major factors in the growing tensions. If you think about it she was right when she said that because you had a diverse increasing population the British didn't consider them englishemn. In fact, they looked at them as inferiors. Mercantilism, custom trades, acts, etc. led to smuggling and Britain being more strict with the colonies. This ultimately caused rebellion, conflicts, and the deaths of some colonists. I was really informed and found it insightful when the female speker in this video pointed out the key factors; more like the sources of the tensions, which in line caused rebellion, and then the revolutionary war.
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I learned that the people reacted in many different ways to the English acts and texes. The colonists did not like the taxes from England. The tea act was when the English taxed the colonists on tea. This infuriated the colonists and so when they recieved a shipment of tea from England, the colonists dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. The stamp act was a law that everything that was considered printed such as letters, newspapers and playing cards. The colonists boycotted all printe materials and they bought items that said no stamp act.
I thought it was interesting how the colonists werent afraid to stand up to what they wanted and that they werent afraid of being killed by England. I found this interesting because if it was our days nobody would stand up to the government like these people did.
I learned...
- at first the colonists saw themselves as equal to the mother country
- becoming self confident
- the government, however, saw them as inferiors
- believed they have the power to dictate their lives, their laws, and policies
- Ohio River Valley---> had strong indian confedercies, the french, and the british
- 1754, french vs. english = 7 yrs war
- 1756- "erupts into international conflicts"
- Spain stayed neutral for the 7 yrs war
- The Proclamation didn't stop people from going "up west" it just meant you couldn't open up land. this bothered a lot of planters.
- Virginia planters support boycotts against taxes/tariffs
- Blacks would say they were the first to shed blood in what would become the revolutionary war.
- Christmas A. first to actually shed blood, black
- The economy and diverse population were factors in the growing tension.
- Mercantilism, custom regulations, the Navigation Acts, the taxes, etc. played a role too. Colonists were not seen as englishmen.
- George Washington wrote a letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 20, 1774, saying how he won't pay that extra tax for sugar and tea, why give parliament his money? He thinks they have no right.
- Whites disguised as Indians throw 340 + crates/boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor
- First Continental Congress meets in Britain
I Learned about how the Spanish stayed neutral for the seven years war. ".....for some bizarre reason the Spanish did not get involved....." I learned that the Spanish actually feared Britain. I found it interesting when the speaker in the video was saying how the economy and diversion in the colonies were major factors in the growing tensions. If you think about it she was right when she said that because you had a diverse increasing population the British didn't consider them englishemn. In fact, they looked at them as inferiors. Mercantilism, custom trades, acts, etc. led to smuggling and Britain being more strict with the colonies. This ultimately caused rebellion, conflicts, and the deaths of some colonists. I was really informed and found it insightful when the female speker in this video pointed out the key factors; more like the sources of the tensions, which in line caused rebellion, and then the revolutionary war.
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