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Which of the following taxes would have made the colonists the most upset? Stamp Act Tea Act Intolerable Acts Sugar Act Declaratory Act Explain your reasoning. Colonial Resistance. What does resistance mean? When does resistance turn into rebellion?. resistance. rebellion.
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Which of the following taxes would have made the colonists the most upset? Stamp Act Tea Act Intolerable Acts Sugar Act Declaratory Act Explain your reasoning.
What does resistance mean? When does resistance turn into rebellion?
Resistance: the refusal to accept or comply with something; attempt to prevent something by action or argument, armed or violent opposition, secret organizations resisting authority especially in an occupied country. Rebellion: an act of violent conflict or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
Colonial Resistance Between 1763 and 1775 the tension between Great Britain and the colonies grew. The colonies began protesting the actions of the British Government in several different ways
Sons of Liberty Samuel Adams
Sons of Liberty: tar and feathering of tax collector in response to the stamp act
Boston Massacre, 1770 - arguments between a group of colonists and british soldiers escalated into an armed conflict. - British troops opened fire on an angry crowd of protestors in Boston. - Five people died
Propaganda: a story giving only one side in an argument. How is Paul Revere’s picture of the Boston Massacre an example of propaganda? How did the Boston Massacre change the way some colonists thought about Great British rule?