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American Revolution
Title: American Revolution
Category: History
Details: Words: 3772 | Pages: 16.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
American Revolution
american revolution
In the aftermath of the French and Indian War, Britain needed a new imperial
design, but the situation in America was anything but favorable to change.
Long accustomed to a large measure of independence, the colonies were
demanding more, not less, freedom, particularly now that the French menace
had been eliminated. To put a new system into effect, and to tighten control,
Parliament had to contend with colonists trained in self-government and
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Parliament. The petition requests the repeal of the Stamp Act and the Acts of
1764. The petition asserts that only colonial legislatures can tax colonial
residents and that taxation without representation violates the colonists' basic
civil rights. 1765 - On November 1, most daily business and legal
transactions in the colonies cease as the Stamp Act goes into effect with
nearly all of the colonists refusing to use the stamps. In New York City,
violence b
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