HIST 405 Week 2 Discussion 1 The American Revolution
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HIST 405 Week 2 Discussion 1 The American Revolution
Paper Instructions
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the leading causes of the American Revolution.
- The Proclamation Act of 1763
- The Navigation Acts
- The Stamp Act
- The Declaratory Act
- The Townsend Act
- The Boston Massacre
- The Coercive Acts
Then, address the following for your selections
- Analyze the cause and effect of two acts passed by the British Parliament on British North America. Which of your two selections do you consider the most significant and why?
- Examine and explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence to the development of the American Revolution.
Follow-Up Posts
Compare your selections and analysis of those selections with those of your peers. If they chose different acts, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same acts, build on their posts by providing additional information about the acts that you have not already noted in your own post.
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Sample Answer
In 1775, England was seeking financial support and felt that the colonies were dependent on them and they were entitled to impose a Stamp Act. The intent was to raise revenue by requiring all legal documents and papers have an official stamp. The different colonies now had a reason to come together under one issue of being taxed but not having any input into Parliament.
Both men and women came together and began to boycott English goods and the women began to weave their own linens. Oats and Sandler (2008) noted that the English had issues with the logistics of the stamp act such as imposing this tax across a very large geography, having to ship large amounts of paper across the Atlantic and the additional costs to print publications.
Five years later the Boston Massacre occurred when some citizens began throwing snow and other items at British soldiers who were guarding the goods coming in from overseas trade. The soldiers and the mob began to wrestle, and it ended up that five citizens were shot. Here the colonist, saw England again attacking the colonists and furthered en grained into the colonies that England should not control their fate. U.S. History (n.d) OpenStax.
These events along with others lead to colonies setting aside their differences and unite against the British. The declaration of independence brought the colonies together in a pledge that united them.
- Oats, L., and Sadler, P. (2008) Accounting for the Stamp Act Crisis. Accounting Historians Journal. 35 (2) pg. 101-143.
U.S. History (n.d) OpenStax Retrieved from https //openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/3-3-english-settlements-in-america
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