THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Added on: 7th Nov 2015
BETWEEN 1650 AND 1770 THE ECONOMY OF BRITISH
NORTH AMERICA (TODAY THE UNITED STATES) GREW 25 TIMES
BECAUSE OF THIS THE COLONISTS MAY HAVE HAD THE
HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING IN THE WESTERN WORLD
THIS COLONIAL WEALTH EVENTUALLY LED TO THE TAX
RELATED TENSIONS WITH BRITAIN AND THEREAFTER TO
THE REVOLUTION
THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO BOSTON TEA PARTIES
WITH THE ONE YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING ON DECEMBER
16, 1773. THE BOSTONIANS REPEATED IT, HOWEVER,
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER ON MARCH 7, 1774
THE TWO EVENTS TOGETHER COST THE BRITISH
$3 MILLION (TODAY'S EQUIVALENT)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ACTUALLY WROTE THE FIRST
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. EVENTUALLY,
HOWEVER, THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS CHOSEN TO
WRITE THE FINAL DRAFT
JOHN ADAMS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED THE BRITISH
SOLDIERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOSTON MASSACRE
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN THE "RIGHT TO COUNSEL"
AND "PROTECTION OF INNOCENCE"
THE FIRST SUBMARINE ATTACK IN HISTORY TOOK PLACE
IN NEW YORK HARBOUR IN 1776. THE COLONISTS
ATTEMPTED TO ATTACH GUNPOWDER TO THE HULL OF
THE BRITISH SHIP HMS EAGLE USING A SUBMERSIBLE
THEY CALLED THE TURTLE.
AT FIRST GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS HESITANT ABOUT
ENLISTING BLACK MEN INTO THE CONTINENTAL ARMY BUT
WHEN HE HEARD THEY FOUGHT WELL AT BUNKER HILL
HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
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