samuel-adams-heritage.com

stamp-act-history.com

“No Taxation Without Representation”

http://www.stamp-act-history.com/headline/no-taxation-without-representation-2

The origins, implementation and consequences. 8220;No Taxation Without Representation”. There were twelve years between the signing of the Treaty of Paris on February 1763 and the ride of Paul Revere on April 1775. Tension and anger between colonists and the empire increasingly rose to the point of no return. During the short period of 1762-1770 the British government had six ministries. Was the first serious American challenge to British power and the subsequent Stamp Act Congress. Headed by Samuel Adams.

stamp-act-history.com

Sugar Act 1764

http://www.stamp-act-history.com/sugar-act/1764-april-5-sugar-act

The origins, implementation and consequences. Timeline of British Acts on America. 1764 – Sugar Act. Definition of Sugar Act. The American Revenue Act of 1764, so called Sugar Act, was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. It added several products such as hides, skins and potash to the list of enumerated commodities that could be legally exported under the Navigation Acts. The Sugar Act a...

stamp-act-history.com

Documents

http://www.stamp-act-history.com/category/documents

The origins, implementation and consequences. Articles in the Documents Category. 1766 Declaratory Act – Original Text. AN ACT for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty’s dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. Townshend Acts – Original Text. WHEREAS it is expedient that a revenue should be raised in your MajestyÂ’s dominions in America, for making a more certain …. Text of The Currency Act of 1751. The following is the original text of the Currency Act of 1751.

stamp-act-history.com

Facts

http://www.stamp-act-history.com/stamp-act-of-1765

The origins, implementation and consequences. The British Parliament made a decision to install the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765 but it was not scheduled to take effect until November 1st of the same year. This gave the colonist half a year to let the government know their opinion. A Stamp Act duty was in place in Britain since 1694. Massachusetts briefly experimented with a stamp duty before 1765. The Stamp Act differed from the Sugar Act. The total amount intended to be raised by the new tax was 60,000 ...

stamp-act-history.com

Timeline of the Stamp Act in America

http://www.stamp-act-history.com/stamp-act-timeline

The origins, implementation and consequences. Chronological events that led to the Stamp Act crisis. 8211; The English started paying a Stamp Act tax. 8211; French Indian War affected England financially. 8211; Massachusetts experimented with Stamp Act. 8211; King George III became King of England. He though Parliament had unfairly limited powers of the king. He and his advisers took more control over governing the country and its colonies. 8211; Parliament enacted the Stamp Act. 8211; Stamp Act crisis.

paul-revere-heritage.com

Paul Revere Heritage Project

http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/midnight-ride.html

Paul Revere Heritage Project. Paul Revere's Midnight Ride. In 1774 Revere took a new responsibility as a rider for the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence. He stayed in Boston taking care of his silversmith business and participating as an active leader of the “mechanics” group. Dr Joseph Warren was the temporary leader of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in Boston. Samuel Adams. On Sunday April 16, Dr. Joseph Warren sent Revere. Paul landed near Charlestown Battery where he had a horse waitin...

boston-tea-party.org

Boston Tea Party Historical Society

http://www.boston-tea-party.org/Indian-disguise.html

Boston Tea Party Historical Society. Was there a True Indian Disguise? On many illustrations of the Tea Party, both contemporary and historic, the group of patriots on the ships is shown wearing large feathered headdresses. Other illustrations show only moderate Indian disguise. So how did patriots actually masked their identity? There is however another point of view according to which the Mohawk disguise for the Boston Tea Party was not chosen accidentally. According to the account of the participant J...

boston-tea-party.org

Boston Tea Party Historical Society

http://www.boston-tea-party.org/economic-causes.html

Boston Tea Party Historical Society. Economic causes of the Boston Tea Party. The Case Study examines the entire depth of British colonial policies that led to the event. The British view was that the uprising against the Tea Act was used by colonial political leaders to advance their own political cause. Was the true question. It was answered in the affirmative, and it was resolved that tea, whatever its price, should not be landed in America until that duty was taken off. Origin of the Tea.

davidlibraryar.blogspot.com

David Library of the American Revolution: October 2011

http://davidlibraryar.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html

Letters from the Front: Retreat from New York. Letters from the Front: The Flying Camp of Pennsyl. Letters from the Front: The Quiet before the Storm. Letters from the Front: Defending New York City. Letters from the Front: Fortifying Boston. Letters from the Front: Small Pox in Boston. Letters from the Front. British Soldiers in the Am Rev Blog. World of the Common Soldier. The Online Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies. Samuel Adams Heritage Society. Friday, October 28, 2011. Clock PM – there...

stamp-act-history.com

Townshend Acts

http://www.stamp-act-history.com/category/townshend-act

The origins, implementation and consequences. Articles in the Townshend Acts Category. Townshend Acts – Original Text. WHEREAS it is expedient that a revenue should be raised in your MajestyÂ’s dominions in America, for making a more certain …. Chronological events of the Townshend Acts. Silver coins minted in the 1970’s. Historically, the burning of the Gaspee in 1772 was much removed from a reaction to the Townshend Acts of 1767. January 1766 New York refuses to comply with the. The Townshend Acts cons...