THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at the Boston Massacre.
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Not to buy or sell goods to Britain, resulted in the British merchants complaining and the repeal the act.
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professional German soldiers hired by the British to fight for them
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states that members of parliament represent all british people, though the colonists had never voted for them. “No taxation without representation”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Boston Non-Importation Agreement of 1768 and the subsequent repeal of the Townshend Revenue Act taxes on all commodities except tea was a major cause leading to the December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nonimportation Agreement (1768), which required the American colonies to purchase English goods over those from foreign lands, was a result of Britain’s attempt to find new sources of revenue for colonial defense and administration.
Detailed explanation-3: -Non-importation agreements reached ultimate effect in response to the Townshend Revenue Act, when in 1768 Boston passed an act. Every port city and nearly every region would soon adopt acts like this one.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nonimportation Agreements, (1765–75), in U.S. colonial history, attempts to force British recognition of political rights through application of economic pressure.