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Musket | AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS AN EPIC POLITICAL AND MILITARY STRUGGLE WAGED BETWEEN 1765 AND 1783 WHEN 13 OF BRITAIN’S NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES REJECTED ITS IMPERIAL RULE. THE PROTEST BEGAN IN OPPOSITION TO TAXES LEVIED WITHOUT COLONIAL REPRESENTATION BY THE BRITISH MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENT. AS THE POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS GREW, THEY TRIGGERED A PERPETUAL CYCLE OF DEFIANT ACTS AND PUNITIVE LAWS THAT LED TO OPEN REBELLION. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF FRANCE, THE AMERICAN COLONIES WERE ABLE TO DEFEAT THE BRITISH, ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE AND FORM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAXES FROM 1754 UNTIL 1763, THE BRITISH COLONIES AND FRANCE FOUGHT AN EXPENSIVE LAND WAR ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT KNOWN AS “THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.” TO RECOUP THESE EXPENSES AND RAISE FUNDS TO REPLENISH THEIR COFFERS, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ENACTED A SERIES OF NEW TAXES. UNTIL THE STAMP ACT OF 1765, SOME TAXES WERE PROPOSED, AND OTHERS WERE ENACTED AND WITHDRAWN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TAX IMPOSED DIRECTLY ON THE 13 AMERICAN COLONIES. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TESTIFIED BEFORE PARLIAMENT THAT THE TAX WAS TOO HIGH AND THAT THE COLONIES HAD ALREADY DONE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. THAT SAME YEAR, THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE SONS OF LIBERTY WAS ESTABLISHED. THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNREST IN 1767, PARLIAMENT IMPOSED THE TOWNSHEND ACTS, WHICH PLACED A DUTY ON SEVERAL ESSENTIAL GOODS, INCLUDING TEA. A YEAR LATER, THE LIBERTY, A SLOOP OWNED BY JOHN HANCOCK, WAS SEIZED ON SUSPICION OF SMUGGLING. THE GROWING UNREST FOLLOWING THIS EVENT LED TO THE OCCUPATION OF BOSTON BY BRITISH TROOPS IN 1768. THE TENSIONS IN BOSTON CAME TO A HEAD ON MARCH 5, 1770, AS A MOB GATHERED AROUND A GROUP OF SOLDIERS GUARDING THE CUSTOM HOUSE. THE UNRULY PROTESTORS THREW SNOWBALLS AND OTHER DEBRIS AT THE SOLDIERS. AMID THE CHAOS AND WITHOUT A DIRECT ORDER, THE SOLDIERS FIRED INTO THE CROWD, KILLING FIVE MEN AND WOUNDING SIX OTHERS IN WHAT WOULD BE KNOWN AS THE BOSTON MASSACRE. JOHN ADAMS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED THE SOLDIERS, BUT PATRIOTS LIKE SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN’S COUSIN, USED THE EVENT TO GARNER SUPPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. | image tagged in musket | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS AN EPIC POLITICAL AND MILITARY STRUGGLE WAGED BETWEEN 1765 AND 1783 WHEN 13 OF BRITAIN’S NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES REJECTED ITS IMPERIAL RULE. THE PROTEST BEGAN IN OPPOSITION TO TAXES LEVIED WITHOUT COLONIAL REPRESENTATION BY THE BRITISH MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENT. AS THE POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS GREW, THEY TRIGGERED A PERPETUAL CYCLE OF DEFIANT ACTS AND PUNITIVE LAWS THAT LED TO OPEN REBELLION. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF FRANCE, THE AMERICAN COLONIES WERE ABLE TO DEFEAT THE BRITISH, ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE AND FORM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAXES FROM 1754 UNTIL 1763, THE BRITISH COLONIES AND FRANCE FOUGHT AN EXPENSIVE LAND WAR ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT KNOWN AS “THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.” TO RECOUP THESE EXPENSES AND RAISE FUNDS TO REPLENISH THEIR COFFERS, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ENACTED A SERIES OF NEW TAXES. UNTIL THE STAMP ACT OF 1765, SOME TAXES WERE PROPOSED, AND OTHERS WERE ENACTED AND WITHDRAWN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TAX IMPOSED DIRECTLY ON THE 13 AMERICAN COLONIES. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TESTIFIED BEFORE PARLIAMENT THAT THE TAX WAS TOO HIGH AND THAT THE COLONIES HAD ALREADY DONE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. THAT SAME YEAR, THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE SONS OF LIBERTY WAS ESTABLISHED. THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNREST IN 1767, PARLIAMENT IMPOSED THE TOWNSHEND ACTS, WHICH PLACED A DUTY ON SEVERAL ESSENTIAL GOODS, INCLUDING TEA. A YEAR LATER, THE LIBERTY, A SLOOP OWNED BY JOHN HANCOCK, WAS SEIZED ON SUSPICION OF SMUGGLING. THE GROWING UNREST FOLLOWING THIS EVENT LED TO THE OCCUPATION OF BOSTON BY BRITISH TROOPS IN 1768. THE TENSIONS IN BOSTON CAME TO A HEAD ON MARCH 5, 1770, AS A MOB GATHERED AROUND A GROUP OF SOLDIERS GUARDING THE CUSTOM HOUSE. THE UNRULY PROTESTORS THREW SNOWBALLS AND OTHER DEBRIS AT THE SOLDIERS. AMID THE CHAOS AND WITHOUT A DIRECT ORDER, THE SOLDIERS FIRED INTO THE CROWD, KILLING FIVE MEN AND WOUNDING SIX OTHERS IN WHAT WOULD BE KNOWN AS THE BOSTON MASSACRE. JOHN ADAMS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED THE SOLDIERS, BUT PATRIOTS LIKE SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN’S COUSIN, USED THE EVENT TO GARNER SUPPORT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT.