Coercive Acts B. First Continental Congress C. Second Continental Congress V. Actions taken by Congress A. Continental Association VI. Results of Boston Tea Party A. Closed Boston Harbor B. Lead to American Revolution VII.
Evolution of the American Revolution: Causation to Sovereignty The American Revolution is described as the political uprising of the thirteen British Colonies of North America against the British Empire during the last half of the eighteenth century. Officially, the conflict lasted from 1775, starting with the “shot heard round the world,” to 1783 when the British Government recognized the independence of the colonies as one sovereign nation. The Revolutionary War was preceded by politically, socially, and economically related ideals and events that altogether inspired the unification of the independent colonies and their separation from the British Empire. The key influences of the American Revolution include: the French and Indian War; the Navigation, Currency, Stamp Tax, Declaratory, Townsend Duties, Tea, and Intolerable Acts; as well as the political and religious ideals of the colonists. The revolutionary era for the American Colonies began around 1763 after the British removed the military threat of the French from North America during the French and Indian War, which resulted in substantial economic debt for the British Empire.
In June of 1775, Washington was assigned one of his first tasks as commander. The Massachusetts Minutemen tracked down the British forces in Concord, Massachusetts where he took them back to the harbor. George was assigned to leave for New England and take over the militia that had captured the British in Boston. Being the structured commander he was, Washington quickly organized the army into a balanced union. The British realized their compromised position and knew they were not fit to attack the American army at this time so they retreated in attempts to save a chance at fighting them another day.
Notes: * Viewed as one of the most infamous events of the Vietnam War. * Higher-ranking U.S. Army officers managed to cover up the events of that day for a year before revelations by a soldier who had heard of the massacre sparked a wave of international outrage and led to a special investigation into the matter. * In 1970, a U.S. Army board charged 14 officers of
The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783………………………………………………29 3.2. The results of the War………………………………………………………..30 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..….33 References………………………………………………………………………...35 INTRODUCTION This work is dedicated to the history of the American Revolution and the War for Independence. The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a conflict between 13 British colonies in North America and their parent country, Great Britain. It was made up of two related events: the American War of Independence (1775-1783) and the formation of the American government as laid out by the Constitution of the United States in 1787. First, the war achieved independence from Great Britain by the colonies.
Leading causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was by far the most important war in the history of the United States. The war gave the original 13 colonies their freedom from Great Britain and started a new country, the United States of America. Three leading causes of the American Revolution are new Enlightenment ideas, many acts imposed on the colonists, and the formation of the First Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence. During the 1700s, a new way of thinking came about and it is known as the Enlightenment Period. Enlightenment can be defined as “a philosophical movement in 18th century that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that govern social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics.” A British man by the name of John Locke in 1690 argued that governments were created to protect life, liberty, and property and that people had a right to rebel when a monarch violated those natural rights.
Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. The presence of British troops in the city of Boston was increasingly unwelcome. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in additional soldiers, and these too were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob, killing 3 on the spot (a black sailor named Crispus Attucks, ropemaker Samuel Gray, and a mariner named James Caldwell), and wounding 8 others, two of whom died later (Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr). On the evening of March 5, Private Hugh White, a British soldier, stood on guard duty outside the Custom house on King Street, today known as State Street.
The Tet Offensive: The Beginning of the End On January 31, 1968, Viet Cong forces launched one of the most influential coordinated attacks against 36 of South Vietnam’s 44 capitals, and 70 other towns in the country (Hayward 2001, 21). Like other “surprise” military actions in history, the lack of action to prevent these rumored attacks caused for a much larger crisis on the U.S. front – something Army General Bruce Palmer later called "an allied intelligence failure ranking with Pearl Harbor in 1941" (Hayward 2001, 5). This rebel attack led by General Vo Nguyen Giap is considered by many historians to be the turning point in the Vietnam War. With the use of expert military tactics, the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the North Vietnam Army (NVA) gave a new meaning to the phrase “losing the battle but winning the war.” But in order for anyone to fully appreciate the severity of a historical event, one must know all of the history surrounding it. These series of attacks that singlehandedly changed the course of the war by planting seeds of unrest into the minds the American public are known today as the Tet Offensive.
| What was the position of Her Majesty’s Government during the American Civil War from 1861-1865; what influenced it, and how was it maintained? An IB Extended Essay in History Nicholas R. French Colonel By Secondary School 0953 IB Candidate Number: 000953-127 Assignment Supervisor: Mr. D. Parsons Session: May 2014 Word Count: 3 942 Abstract – 145 words The objective of this essay is to assess the question of, ‘What was the position of Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) during the American Civil War, what influenced it and how was it maintained? ’, and once done defend and prove it. This essay will address the beginning of the Civil War and the response by HMG to it. Once done this essay will examine the cases in which Britain nearly came to war or intervention throughout the American Civil War, the causes of that and the role played by members of HMG in resisting it.
It was represented by 9 colonies. New laws were passed and some colonists showed their anger by starting a boycott on March 5, 1770 British troop in Boston fired on a jeering crowd which is now known as the Boston massacre. Samuel Adams organized a group of