HIST 1376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: East India Company, Stamp Collecting, Townshend Acts
30 Aug 2016
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Prompt: explain why the americans declared two wars against england and how they were able to be victorious on both occasions. 1st reason: parliament imposing taxes onto the colonists was deemed unjust as american representation is absent in parliament and led to an immediate widespread dislike towards the taxes. Victorious first time: the unified force in which the presented themselves as support for the revolution cut through all barriers (age, job occupation, societal status, etc). 2nd reason: british presence was still apparent on american soil. Victorious second time: the british were exhausted by the continuous fighting and were ready for a peace despite their many successes. [lecture 10/27: native americans in the early republic] As the relationship between the colonies and the mother country deteriorated throughout the 1760s-1770s, when do you believe the. The pamphlet common sense served as a crucial component and rallying support for the american revolution.
