US History Identifications
COLONIZATION & REVOLUTIONARY WAR--IDENTIFICATIONS- Nathaniel Bacon, a member of the 'back county gentry' and the governor's council in Jamestown, VA. On two separate occasions, Bacon led his army to Jamestown after an ongoing conflict with the Indians to the west. The first time, they were successful in winning a temporary pardon from the governor; the second time the governor went back on his original agreement so Bacon and his army burned the city and drove the governor into exile. Bacon's rebellion was significant for a few reasons. It was part of the ongoing struggle over boundaries between the Indians and the colonists, it showed how unwilling the settlers were to abide by agreements with the natives, and how unwilling the Indians were to tolerate further white settlement in their territory. It also showed the ongoing conflict between settlers in the east and west, as well as the potential for instability in the colony's large population of free, landless men.- The British enacted the Stamp Act which taxed all British colonists for stamps needed for all legal documen
The tea party was significant because it once again demonstrated the growing restlessness of the colonists with the British rule and demonstrated the type of small rebellions that cropped up across the country which fueled the revolution. 1st & 2nd CONTINENTAL CONGRESS: 1774 & 1775- The first cont. By bringing the Americans into closer contact with British authority, it raised some of the underlying tensions in the colonial relationship. However, it was significant because it was the first attempt to form a single, independent, united government. Also, it later helped many movements of liberation and reform (all men are created equal). congress was moving slowly and tentatively towards a final break with England. BOSTON TEA PARTY: 1773- On the evening of December 16th, 3 groups of fifty men boarded ships in Boston Harbor, dressed as Indians, and threw chests of tea overboard in protest of the Tea Act which gave the British trading companies the right to export their goods to the colonies without paying any of the navigational taxes which the colonial merchants had to pay. BATTLE AT SARATOGA: 1777- THOMAS PAINE (COMMON SENSE): 1776- Before 1776, the growing support for independence for the British remained largely unspoken. congress marked the first time representatives from all 13 colonies except Georgia, met in Philadelphia and made five major decisions. Paine proved to be a brilliant success as a revolutionary propagandist. He wished to convince colonists that a reconciliation with the British was impossible and the only solution would to completely break away from British rule. The war also resulted in a greater sense of nationality, gained through the men fighting together in a "people's army. The colonists were outraged and refused to pay taxes or buy British goods.
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