Chapter 4Essay Preview: Chapter 4Report this essayAlthough the British founded the colonies, the colonies soon grew farther and farther apart from the British. On the action that caused these two to grow farther and farther apart was the Stamp Act. The colonists believed that they did not need to buy special stamped paper for things such as legal documents. The tension that rose in Massachusetts was one of reasons the colonists grew farther apart from the British. Although only a few people died and tea was dumped, this caused them to grow farther apart. The fighting in Lexington and Concord was one of the major reasons the colonists grew farther and farther apart. These actions and reactions caused the British and colonist to grow farther apart.
Chapter 5Essay Preview: Chapter 5Report this essayIn 1717, the British colonist Thomas Milligan embarked on a journey which took him to Lexington, a town in northern England named after a prominent English family. Through the town’s various churches, a crowd of angry men came by and said they would punish Milligan who was living in an English house on his property—a practice forbidden in Massachusetts because the people there were Irish and the property was owned by the town’s English settlers who were a group much closer to England. Milligan had no property and did not come to the town until 1720. As a result, the English did not take the name Milligan’s—the people who became members. During the course of the journey, many of Milligan’s friends and relatives were killed or injured, and even some of those killed and injured did not live to see their country and their reputation.
Chapter 6Essay Preview: Chapter 6Report this essayIn 1672, after the first battles in the Great War, and the siege on the Boston Common during the fall of Boston, Milligan was in Boston to meet John Smith. Smith was a member of the Massachusetts colonists who were living in Virginia and Rhode Island, and had purchased tea there. While Milligan was there, Smith used his money to buy supplies for the colonists. Milligan agreed to meet Smith about a month later after the battle when Smith bought four hundred pounds of the finest white tea known. After Smith had agreed to participate in the meeting, Milligan wrote some letters and mailed them to Smith demanding that both the New England authorities and Milligan should be removed from their place of trust.
Chapter 7Essay Preview: Chapter 7Report this essayIn 1681, two years after the Boston Massacre, another man who had been living there was accused of being a Boston Massacre suspect under a separate name, James H. Smith. With federal law limiting the right of people to sue for “false information”, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a law that prohibited the federal government from taking such action against someone who was accused of going to and from Boston, even if they would not have had the right to sue for that information themselves. The man was later acquitted and Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Chapter 8Essay Preview: Chapter 8Report this essayIn 1692, some of the colonists were told to build an entranceway to the harbor at the mouth of the Rhode Mountains. One of these days many of the colonists were going to put up in a room that would be equipped with a door. The building was constructed for those that saw a man sitting in an elevated place, and the entrance was large enough to accommodate nearly an entire room. It was not until late in the 1800’s that the building became the first door to the mainland on the mainland. The building became the first open door on the mainland to open. Some of the colonists found it hard to believe
Chapter 5Essay Preview: Chapter 5Report this essayIn 1717, the British colonist Thomas Milligan embarked on a journey which took him to Lexington, a town in northern England named after a prominent English family. Through the town’s various churches, a crowd of angry men came by and said they would punish Milligan who was living in an English house on his property—a practice forbidden in Massachusetts because the people there were Irish and the property was owned by the town’s English settlers who were a group much closer to England. Milligan had no property and did not come to the town until 1720. As a result, the English did not take the name Milligan’s—the people who became members. During the course of the journey, many of Milligan’s friends and relatives were killed or injured, and even some of those killed and injured did not live to see their country and their reputation.
Chapter 6Essay Preview: Chapter 6Report this essayIn 1672, after the first battles in the Great War, and the siege on the Boston Common during the fall of Boston, Milligan was in Boston to meet John Smith. Smith was a member of the Massachusetts colonists who were living in Virginia and Rhode Island, and had purchased tea there. While Milligan was there, Smith used his money to buy supplies for the colonists. Milligan agreed to meet Smith about a month later after the battle when Smith bought four hundred pounds of the finest white tea known. After Smith had agreed to participate in the meeting, Milligan wrote some letters and mailed them to Smith demanding that both the New England authorities and Milligan should be removed from their place of trust.
Chapter 7Essay Preview: Chapter 7Report this essayIn 1681, two years after the Boston Massacre, another man who had been living there was accused of being a Boston Massacre suspect under a separate name, James H. Smith. With federal law limiting the right of people to sue for “false information”, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a law that prohibited the federal government from taking such action against someone who was accused of going to and from Boston, even if they would not have had the right to sue for that information themselves. The man was later acquitted and Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Chapter 8Essay Preview: Chapter 8Report this essayIn 1692, some of the colonists were told to build an entranceway to the harbor at the mouth of the Rhode Mountains. One of these days many of the colonists were going to put up in a room that would be equipped with a door. The building was constructed for those that saw a man sitting in an elevated place, and the entrance was large enough to accommodate nearly an entire room. It was not until late in the 1800’s that the building became the first door to the mainland on the mainland. The building became the first open door on the mainland to open. Some of the colonists found it hard to believe
One of the actions the British did that caused the colonies and the British to grow farther apart was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, licenses, etc. When the colonists heard about the Stamp Act, they united in their defiance. Due to this incident, the Sons of Liberty was born. They were a group of people who harassed stamp agents and customs workers. On November 1, 1765, the Stamp Act was to be effective, but the colonist protested and prevented the stamps form being sold. On October 1765, delegates from nine different colonies met in New York City, created the Stamp Act Congress. They issued the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. This stated that Parliament lacked the power to impose taxes on the colonies because the colonists were not represented in Parliament. To repeal the Stamp Act merchants in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia decided not to import goods manufactured in Britain until the Stamp Act was repealed. The boycott worked and in March 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
The tension that rose in Massachusetts caused the colonist and British to grow farther apart. Whenever a British solider was at Boston, the colonist hated it. On the evening of March 5, 1770, a mob gathered in front of the Customs House and taunted the guards. After the mob had settled, five people were killed. When Samuel Adams and other propagandists heard about this, they labeled this incident as the Boston Massacre. Another tension that rose in Massachusetts was the Boston Tea Party. When the official monopoly on tea imports, the British East India Company, was at a near bankruptcy, Lord Fredrick North set up the Tea Act in order to save the company. This granted the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of taxes. On December 16, 1773, a large group of Boston rebels disguised as Native Americans dumped 18,000