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http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/bostonmassacredef.htm V ictory in the French and Indian War was costly for the British. At the war's conclusion in 1763, King George III and his government looked to taxing the American colonies as a way of recouping their war costs. They were also looking for ways to reestablish control over the colonial governments that had become increasingly independent while the Crown was distracted by the war. Royal ineptitude compounded the problem. A series of actions including the Stamp Act (1765), the Townsend Acts (1767) and the Boston Massacre (1770) agitated the colonists, straining relations with the mother country. But it was the Crown's attempt to tax tea that spurred the colonists to action and laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm

__Boston Massacre__: March 5, 1770- killing of five men by British soliders. The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occured on March 5, 1770, between a patriot mob throwing snowballs, stones, ans sticks and a squad of British soliders. Several colonist were killed which led to a campaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in additional soldiers, and these too were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob, killing 3 on the spot (a black sailor named Crispus Attucks, ropemaker Samuel Gray, and a mariner named James Caldwell), and wounding 8 others, two of whom died later (Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr). http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htm http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/hevents/bmassacr.asp

__Boston Tea Party__: December 16. 1773- sons of liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians boarded three ships(the, Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver) the in the boston harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into the boston harbor. http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/hevents/bteapart.asp

__Stamp Act__: First direct British tax on American colonists. Instituted in November, 1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. The Stamp, of course, cost money. The colonists didn't think they should have to pay for something they had been doing for free for many years, and they responded in force, with demonstrations and even with a diplomatic body called the Stamp Act Congress, which delivered its answer to the Crown. Seeing the hostile reaction in the colonies, the British government repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766 but at the same time passed the Declaratory Act. The act required all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets, and playing cards in the colonies to carry a [|tax stamp].[|[1]] It was part of an economic program directly affecting colonial policy that was initiated in response to Britain’s greatly increased national debt incurred during the British victory in the [|Seven Years War] http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm

__Sugar Act__: April 5, 1764 Act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum and French wines. These taxes affected only a certain part of the population, but the affected merchants were very vocal. Besides, the taxes were enacted (or raised) without the consent of the colonists. This was one of the first instances in which colonists wanted a say in how much they were taxed. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sugaractdef.htm

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 * It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!**
 * Patrick Henry - March 23, 1775

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/henry.htm**

__ROUGHDRAFT:__ We are going to tell the minutemen to fight because the British have taken so much from the colonist. Whether it was from family, friends, sugar, or tea. The colonist lost many people in the long war that lasted** nine years **which was between Austria, England, France, Great Britian, Prussia, and Sweden. This took place in Europe, North America, and India. This represented the main turning point in the British and Colonial relations. The English dominated the colonial outpost, but caused dept nearly destroying the English government. Had made tension leading to the revolutionary war. This was only one reasons that led to war. We would also tell them that they wouldn't be here if they had not gotten overly taxed a whole three cents on their foreign refined sugar and they also increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. This was one of the first instances in which colonist wanted a say in how much they were taxed. It had also put a higher tax of six pence per gallon on the imported foreign molasses. If they were to leave now then we would have just let them wlak all over us. That is saying that we are afriad of them. Then they will come back and keep taxing our imported goods, because they know we will not stand up to them. Then a motion was offered to first read petitions from the Virginia colony and others were denied.The bill was passed on Febuary 17th and was parliments first attempt to assert government athoriy over the colonies. Great Britian had gotten a massive national debt following the Seven Year War. English citizens in Britain were taxed at a rate that created a serious threat of revolt. And lets not forget the boston massacre on March 5th. The British killed 5 of our men. One soldier fired a musket and then many other people followed. Several colonist were kiled which led to a campaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. This riot had begun when about 50 citizen attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called inadditional soldiers, and these too were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob, killing 3 on the spot, and wounding 8 others, two of whom died later. Now I know that you can't forget about that. Many of our citizens got wounded or even killed. That has to be something worth dieing for. And I hope you remember the boston tea party. Didn't that feel good when you dumped over all of the tea? There were 342 chest there about to go into bankrupcy. The government made the tea act were they could export merchendise directly to the colonies without paying any regular taxes. With this they could undersell American merchants and keep all the colonial tea trade. This act was starting to arouse anger. But on the evening of December 16, 1773, three companies of fifty men each, looking as Mohawk Indians, passed through a tremendous crowd of spectators, went aboard the three ships, broke open the tea chests, and heaved them into the harbor. Now if that doesn't make you feel good I don't know what will. You have to remember about all of the money you paid for over priced tea and sugar. Also all of your friends you lost. Then the bill was passed on February 17th and as Parliments first attemt to assert government athority over the colonies. Great Britian had gotten a massive national dept following the seven year war. English citizens in Britian were taxed at a rate that created a serious threat of revolt. If you want that to still go on you can just go. But if you want to stay and fight for what is right then stand up straight and get your musket ready because we are about to go into battle.**

__FINAL DRAFT__**:It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! All of you men just can't walk away from this moment. You have to fight the British. They have taken so much from the coloniest like family, friends, sugar, and tea. They lost many people in the long seven year war. It was between Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweeden. The war took place in Europe, North America, and India. This represented the main turning point in British and colonial relations. The English dominated the colonial outpost, but this caused debt nearly destroying the English government. It had made tension leading up to this war. This was only one of the reasons that lead to this war. You guys wouldn't be here if you had not gotten overly taxed a whole 3 cents on foreign refined sugar and gotten overly taxed on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. This was only one of the first instances in which the all of the coloniest wanted a say in how much we were taxed. And don't forget when they had put a higher tax of six pence per gallon on the imported forgien molasses. If we just leave now then we would have just let them walk all over us. That is saying that we are afraid of them. The British will keep coming back and keep taxing our imported goods because they know that we will not stand up to them. Do you remember when that motion was offered? It was to read petitions from Virginia colony. The bill was passed on Febuary 17th and was parliments first attempt to assert government athoriy over the colonies. Great Britian had gotten a massive national debt following the Seven Year War. English citizens in Britain were taxed at a rate that created a serious threat of revolt. And lets not forget the boston massacre on March 5th. The British killed 5 of our men. One soldier fired a musket and then many other people followed. Several colonist were kiled which led to a campaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. This riot had begun when about 50 citizen attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called inadditional soldiers, and these too were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob, killing 3 on the spot, and wounding 8 others, two of whom died later. Now I know that you can't forget about that. Many of our citizens got wounded or even killed. That has to be something worth dieing for. And I hope you remember the boston tea party. Didn't that feel good when you dumped over all of the tea? There were 342 chest there about to go into bankrupcy. The government made the tea act were they could export merchendise directly to the colonies without paying any regular taxes. With this they could undersell American merchants and keep all the colonial tea trade. This act was starting to arouse anger. But on the evening of December 16, 1773, three companies of fifty men each, looking as Mohawk Indians, passed through a tremendous crowd of spectators, went aboard the three ships, broke open the tea chests, and heaved them into the harbor. Now if that doesn't make you feelgood I don't know what will. You have to remember about all of the money you paid for over priced tea and sugar. Also all of your friends you lost. Now if you want that to still go on you could just go. But if you want to stay and fight for what is right then stand up straight and get your musket ready because were about to go to battle.