The events leading to the American Revolution began as soon as the English settlers set foot in Northern America and lasted for about one and one-half centuries. When America was discovered and settled by the English, there was no "set" way of governing these colonies. The King and the British Pa...

CHAPTER 2, Q1: What are the decisive events and arguments that produced the American Revolution? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (Charles Dickens)." This best describes the Americas in the 1700's. The settler's went through the best of times from obtaining r...

The American Revolution was a major force affecting the lives and memories of the American people. Alfred F. Young, the author of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party presents the trials and tribulations of a common Bostonian named George Robert Twelves Hewes. Hewes is placed in uncommon situations, expe...

During the end the 18th century, American art not only helped fuel the fire for independence, it preserved those days of struggle as an empirical foundation for future generations of Americans. Examples of paintings of the revolution abound. Etchings by American Hero Paul Revere stirred Americ...

The era of the American Revolution was marked by a series of violent outbreaks in town and countryside. A sequence of urban violence runs from the Stamp Act riots in 1765 through the Sons of Liberty violence, the Boston Massacre, the burning of the Gaspee , and the Boston Tea Party to the incident t...

British Taxation in the Americas Benjamin Murphy British taxes in the Americas began in 1651 starting with the Navigation Acts. Most of the taxation started because of the war debts of England and the colonists revolts against the king. The taxes were a way to collect money of goods traded...

The French and Indian War's Impact on America At the peak of Britain's rule, it was thought that the sun never set on the British Empire. Many were trapped under its wing of protection and dare a country stand up to Britain and face the consequences. In 1755 the last of the great conflicts be...

Shoemaker and the Revolution Alfred F. Young shows us a glimpse of the American Revolution through the eyes of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a poor shoemaker of the "Humble Class". What do we know about Hewes? Why is it that he is honored when the rest of his associates have been forg...

Boston Tea Party The colonist in 1773 had endured several attempts to tax them by their mother country, but the tax on tea was the breaking point. Britain had been defending the colonist with their Navy, and incurring a lot of debt in the process. The mother country decided to try recouping so...