Lindsey Ryan 09 Mrs.okurowski American Revolution Dbq

Lindsey Ryan

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09 Mrs.Okurowski

Social Studies American Revolution DBQ

Back in 1763, the French and Indian War finally dismissed. The French colonies became the British colonies; Great Britain had to obtain more protection for their land. The British Parliament decided that the American colonies should help pay for protection that Great Britain aspired. Since the British Parliament did this to the colonies, it made the colonies reacted strongly. The responses of the colonies led to the formation of the United States. After 1763, the British government passed numerous laws that had an impact on the American colonies. In fall 1763, King George III issued a proclamation. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement to the West of the Appalachian Mountains. This proclamation enforced settlers already in the region “to remove themselves”. It also voiced that the British government would control trade with the Indians. To make sure the laws were being enforced, the British sent about 10,000 additional British soldiers to the colonies. In 1765, parliament passed another tax that George Grenville suggested. That tax was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act put taxes on advertisements, legal papers, newspapers, almanacs, calendars, and playing cards. All of those materials had to have a stamp showing that they paid for the tax. The reason they made the Stamp Act was to raise money to pay the British soldiers stationed in America. Since Britain was used to paying stamp taxes they seemed to think it was reasonable. Although, when the British required the same things for American colonists it made the colonists furious; so they

contributed to protests and etc. After the French and Indian War, the Prime Minister George Grenville ended the policy of salutary neglect. He wanted the colonists to pay back the debt from the war. The American colonists were irritated with the British government for many reasons. Since the American colonists were irritated with Britain they took part in the Declaration of Rights. The Declaration of rights took place in New York in October 1765. Representatives from nine colonies attended the meeting, which was called the Stamp Act Congress. In the Declaration of Rights the delegates wrote about how the colonists shouldn’t be taxed without their consent or without the consent of their representatives (No taxation without representation). The American colonists were also irritated because Britain was not keeping the Declaration of Rights in mind. In other words their rights were still being ignored. Members of the House of Burgesses were upset that their constitutional rights were being ignored. Their rights were being ignored because they were still being taxed without representation. When internal taxation was enforced upon the American colonists they were furious, and though it was very unfair. The difference between internal taxation vs. external taxation is that external taxes were taxes placed on trade outside the colonies. Internal taxes is what set the colonists off, they were taxes placed on trade with the colonies. The colonists opposed internal taxation by stating “taxation without representation”. The colonists wanted the colonial legislatures to tax the colonists. The colonists obviously were unhappy with the British, so they reacted to the British many different ways. One of the ways the colonists showed they were unhappy with the British was the Boston Massacre. At the Boston Massacre colonists began taunting the British and threatening them with tools, which ended with about 4 people

dead. Paul Revere was a colonist who made and engraving supporting his side of the story. He engraved it so the commander was in the back of the British telling them to fire, when what really happened was the commander stood in front of them telling them not to shoot, unless they were shoot at. The colonists officially broke away from England with the Declaration of Independence. George Washington read the Declaration of Independence to his troops in New York City 1776.This is a huge accomplishment because it is showing that the colonists finally mad an impact on the British government. This was an important event in history because it is when they declared their independence from England. There were loyalists and patriots, the differences between the two are that a loyalist supported England; and a patriot supported the colonies. The Sons and Daughters of Liberty are groups organized to protect their rights. Another way they showed their anger toward the British was when they boycotted all British goods. The Declaration of Independence was an extremely important event in America’s history. The congress nominated five delegates to draw up the Declaration of Independence. The committee was made up of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. Its ideas were put into words by Thomas Jefferson. He wrote a clear and formal draft on the Declaration, which the committee agreed to accept with some changes. The committee then put the complete Declaration of Independence before congress. On July 1776, all of their hard work had paid off. Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Americans were no longer fighting for their rights as British subjects. The history America had is absolutely amazing! Things like the Stamp Act, and the Proclamation Act of 1763; both really impress me. Also knowing what an effect the Declaration of Rights had on us really puts an impact on everything. The most dramatic

and symbolic moment was probably when George Washington read the Declaration of Independence to his soldiers.