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“No Taxation Without Representation”
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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.
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Sugar Act 1764
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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...
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Documents
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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.
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Facts
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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 ...
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Timeline of the Stamp Act in America
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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.
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Category Archives: Maps
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Posted on November 16, 2013. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an attempt to draw an imaginary line on the 36 30′ latitude to limit the spread of slavery to the north of that boundary. Missouri […]. Before and After the Compromise of 1850. 1857 Dred Scott Case. 1859 John Brown and Harper’s Ferry. Fugitive slave law 1850. Fugitive slave law 1873. Sacagawea and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Frederick Douglass was a fugitive slave who became an abolitionist and Civil Rights leader.
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Setting geographical boundaries for the State of Texas
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Setting geographical boundaries for the State of Texas. Texas was annexed by the US in 1845 becoming the 26. State It entered the Union as a slave state, its Constitution considered illegal the unauthorized manumission of slaves in its territory. SECOND. The State of Texas cedes to the United States all her claim to territory exterior to the limits and boundaries which she agrees to establish by the first article of this agreement. FOURTH. The United States, in consideration of said establishment of ...
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1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas, one of the architects of the Compromise of 1850. Proposed to organize governments for two new territories that belonged to the Louisiana Purchase Lands. The bill would open up territory not previously available to slavery. The bill was approved and signed by President Franklin Pierce. Took a more revolutionary role. The nullification of the 1820 Missouri Compromise. Click on image to enlarge. As a result of sectional differences a new party was born, the Republican Party.
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The Declaration of Independence | John Adams Historical Society
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John Adams Historical Society. Raquo; Continental Congresses and Role in Building a Nation. Raquo; The Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence. Adams returned to Congress in September 1775. A day after his departure Abigail, Thomas and three servants fell ill of dysentery. The healthy ones, Nabby, John Quincy. And Charles were sent away. Rejection of the Olive Branch Petition and the American Prohibition Act. The rejection of the Olive Branch Petition and the American Prohibition Act...
