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Parliament placed a tax on all sugar products. Sugar, Molasses, and Rum. -
It was a necessity for George Washington and his militaś protection, during the French and Indian War -
sugar act is where they lowered the tax on the moleasses from 6 cents to 3 cents -
stamp act was a tax put on all printed material -
a British parliamentary act passed the same day the unpopular Stamp Act was repealed, asserting Parliament's full power to make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever", establishing total -
a crucial strategic stronghold between Lake Champlain and Lake George, serving as the site of key battles in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, most notably the first American offensive victory in the Revolution (1775) led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, which secured vital cannons for the Patriots -
a series of British laws imposing duties on imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to raise revenue for colonial administration -
The Boston massacre was where five people were short, three were injured, and two were dead, the two being, Christopher Siders, and Crispis Adakis -
a British law that governed the Province of Quebec, expanding its territory, guaranteeing religious freedom for Catholics, and allowing French civil law while adopting English criminal law -
the governing body of the American colonies from 1775 to 1781 -
General Thomas Gage took over Boston as Military Governor in May 1774, arriving to enforce Britain's punitive Coercive Acts after the -
The administration of justice is the entire process and system a government uses to enforce laws, resolve disputes, and ensure fairness through its legal, court, and correctional systems, involving -
Intolerable means something is too bad, harsh, or severe to be accepted or put up with. -
British laws (1765, 1774) requiring American colonies to house and supply British soldiers -
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 American colonies (Georgia absent) in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26, 1774 -
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" is a famous 1860 poem that immortalized Paul Revere's 1775 ride to -
fter an initial skirmish in Lexington where eight colonists were killed, British troops moved to Concord but were met by hundreds of militia, who ultimately forced them into a disorganized retreat to Boston -
colonial militia fortified Breed's Hill, repelled two heavy British assaults, but were forced to retreat after running out of ammunition during the third charge -
the Second Continental Congress's final, formal appeal to King George III in July 1775, -
Benedict Arnold's audacious attempt to capture Quebec in late 1775, alongside General Richard Montgomery, failed, resulting in a significant American defeat, Montgomery's death, Arnold being wounded, and the end of the American campaign to seize Canada -
George Washington's American Revolution victory in the Siege of Boston (1775-1776) -
Yes, King George III hired tens of thousands of German soldiers, known as Hessians (primarily from Hesse-Kassel, but also other German states), to fight for the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) to suppress the rebellion, a common but controversial practice where German princes leased their professional troops for significant payments. These well-trained soldiers provided a crucial -
"DOI is signed" most likely refers to the Declaration of Independence