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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Events Leading up to the]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [American Revolution. ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Date: 06/94 # of Words:1,009 School:Public - COED State:NY
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Events leading to the American Rev.
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During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous events resulted in
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Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of rights of the
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colonists will slowly be changed as the constriction of the parliament
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becomes more and more intolerable. During the Seven Years' War England was
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not only alarmed by the colonists' insistence on trading with the enemy,
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but also with Boston merchants hiring James Otis inorder to protest the
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legality of the writs of assistance (general search warrants) used to hunt
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out smuggled goods. "let the parliament lay what burthens they please on
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us, we must, it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them, till they
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will be pleased to relieve us....". This is a very strong dictum, that in
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1764, the colonists were of a submissive nature, and were weakly pleading
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for self-autonomy. This small fire of anger will become a huge
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conflagration as the rights are slowly rescinded.
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On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and Parliamentary Taxation
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committee's passed some laws that attempted to strengthen the grip of the
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English crown. "I.That his Majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the
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same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that is owing from his
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subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august
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body, the Parliament of Great Britain." This statement can be used as a
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summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congress had initiated.
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The statement depicts the colonists has having to be submissive and servile
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in the view of Great Britain, this policy angered the colonists very much,
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and was another component of the transition of the colonists' rights and
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liberties.
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When the Declatory Act was passed in March of 1766, many colonies were
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attempting to claim that they were "seceding" from England. "Whereas
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several of the houses of representatives in his Majesty's colonies and
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plantations in America, have of late, against law, or to the general
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assemblies of the same, the sole and exclusive right of imposing duties and
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taxes upon his Majesty's subjects in the said colonies....be it declared
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...., that the said colonies and plantations in America, have been, are,
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and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the imperial
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Crown and Parliament of Great Britain;". The Parliament of course denounced
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the attempt at independance and still dogmatilcally passed the following
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law to show that the colonists were still british subjects. Again, the
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colonists were infuriated and later will resist the british imperialism on
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the colonies.
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"All before, are calculated to regulate trade, and preserve prpromote
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a mutually beneficial intercourse between the several constituent parts of
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the empite"", yet those duties were always imposed with design to restrain
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the commerce of one part". This statement by the colonist (John Dickinson),
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shows that th sole rason for new taxes is just for the British gov't to
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make money, at the expense of the economy of the colonies. Dickinson makes
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a important distinction between the rights of the colonies and the
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authority of the parliament. Dickinson's comments were ubiquitous among the
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colonists, and thus infuriated them to rebellion, and the seizure of basic
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democratic rights.
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"From necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of
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both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the
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British parliament as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our
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external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of
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the whole empire to the mother country , and the commercial benefits of
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it's respective members excluding every idea of taxation, internal or
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external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America without their
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consent ...." The continental congress had presented it's colonial rights.
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These rights enable the colonies to be more autonomous with exception to
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those several states who are under the british control. One important
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element of the document, is the idea of taxation without representation;
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the said that raising taxes without consent was illegal and that the
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commercial benefits of the colony should be shared within the colonies,
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instead of England becoming more and more economically prosperous. The
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whole idea of mercantilism was about to be crushed, due to this idea, of
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self-autonomy with respect to colonial economics.
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"Ye that oppose independence now, ye know not what ye do, ye are
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opening a door to eternal tyranny....". This statement made by Thomas Paine
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shows the foreshadowing, of what colonists would do. The British are trying
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to prevent independence, and from doing so, they are being tyrannical.
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Again, the rights of the colonists are being questioned and rebellion
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shortly will be forthcoming.
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"That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these
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ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to
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institute new government, laying it's foundations on such principles and
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organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to
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effect their safety and happiness.". What the declaration is really saying,
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is that a society who has no or little rights (such as the colonies) should
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be destroyed, thus separation from England. A new society would follow,
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where the people of the society would have these rights necessary for
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self-autonomy. The Declaration of Independence was a strong justification
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for revolution. The Revolution follows the Declaration of Independence,
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where a transition occurs. The transition has to do with the rights of the
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colonists. The colonists acquire their rights through resistance to british
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imperial conformity, by resisting certain policies detrimental to the
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inalienable rights of a democracy. The transitional period was from 1760's
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to 1770's. This is a crucial period of time, because this is where the
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center of power is transferred from the british government (Parliament) to
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the colonial citizens. A major component to this center of power was the
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rights of the colonists, the colonists gained their rights through
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resistence to an imperial power. This transition is depicted through the
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progression of time in the documents.
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