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Philadelphia Threatens Tea Men (1773)- Adlai, Maria 

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Philadelphia Threatens Tea Men (1773)- Adlai, Maria 

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At the time of creation, the British had imposed direct taxes on the colonies. The colonists had become extremely angry and began to take extreme actions. Yet these extreme actions continued as the British imposed indirect taxes, of which was through the form of a tea tax.

The document was specifically intended for those who delivered tea (Captains of ships), referred to as, "... sent on a diabolical service... complete your voyage by bringing your ship to anchor in this port."

The document was produced by the "Committee of Tarring and Feathering," this is referenced in the text as the closing of the letter. Indicating the author's POV on the tea tax, of which was opposition, "believe no power on the face of the earth has a right to tax them without their consent."

The document was created in order to warn the Captain of a ship carrying taxed tea. Through the document, the author states the actions that will be taken in response to ships carrying tea. And, in order to avoid these actions, they warn the captain, "... fly without hesitation- without the formality of protest- and above all Captain Ayers, let us advise you to fly without the wild geese feathers."

The document was significant as it justified the reasoning behind their committee
(Tarring and Feathering). And although their actions were extreme, they warned others who defied their reasoning.
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The colonist ultimately declared their independence mainly stemming from the colonist thinking that no one was able to tax them without their consent, freedom was extremely important to all of them so even indirect taxes were seen as unrepresented by the British .

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Connecticut Decries the Boston Port Act (1774)

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Connecticut Decries the Boston Port Act (1774)

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This document was created to state the effects caused by the closing of the Boston port as a punishment to the colonist for spilling three cargoes of tea (Boston tea party). This idea of closing the port until the tea was paid for (intolerable acts) was done by Colonel Barre "Boston ought to be punished; she is your eldest son!". Other colonies like Virginia, Philadelphia, Farmington, and Connecticut helped Boston raise money. The colonists got a handbill copy of the intolerable acts and commissioned people to go to the parade where they would read it aloud and burn it. This caused other resolves to be passed but in favor of the colonist.
Partner's name: Cristian Ramirez

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Richard Henry Lee's Resolution of Independence (1776) - Valery, Irvin

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Richard Henry Lee's Resolution of Independence (1776) - Valery, Irvin

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In the  Resolution of Independence Richard Henry Lee declares that the British Crown will no longer have any control over the United Colonies, this was 2 days before the actual Declaration of Independence. At the time, tensions between the colonies and the British were at an all time high, with Britain even starting battles with the colonies. 12 representatives of each colony had decided enough was enough, and that they were going to become independent of Britain.

The Resolution explains it has a political reason, since they state "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." With the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment from Europe spreading around, they believed that Britain had no right to exert control over them, as they didn't contribute much to the colonies. They explained, "that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved," further showing it was a purely political decision.

Based purely off of the document, they didn't have a proper justification to declaring independence as they didn't list any reason other than they have the right.

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New Yorkers Abuse Tories(1775) - Christian, Juan  

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New Yorkers Abuse Tories(1775) - Christian, Juan  

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Two torries were beaten by a crowd of patriots on their way to a boxing match and were harassed and beaten for their beliefs being told to damn the king and they refused which led them to be beaten up worse.

The reasons this document proves that the declare of independence was political is because it shows how people with different political views were beaten for example how the patriots would beat the loyalist

Yes, this document justifies the Americans declaration for independence because the patriots had been fed up with British control and they have been fed up with forced taxes being put on them. With that being said a witch hunt on loyalists are slightly reasonable.

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The abortion slave trade indictment (1776) -Cynthia Vasquez and Alejandra Gomez

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The abortion slave trade indictment (1776) -Cynthia Vasquez and Alejandra Gomez

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According to this document King George III had used his royal veto to keep the colonist from stopping the African slave trade and kept it going. Just for him to turn around and say that they can have their freedom if they fight alongside the British in the war.

This indictment does support declaring independence because while it does bring up political reasoning by bringing up the violation of rights liberty and life of slaves. Mainly focusing on economical reasons because the indictment was supposed to be in the declaration of independence but because the south was economically dependable on slavery they took it out.

According to this document the revolution was justified because there a given instance where the royal crown made a declaration without consulting the colonies

The point of view is from colonist who were on the idea that life and liberty was something that every one in the colonies should have gotten.

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Benjamin Franklin Testifies against Stamp Act (1766)- Prisila Villarreal & Jacki Delgadillo 

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Benjamin Franklin Testifies against Stamp Act (1766)- Prisila Villarreal & Jacki Delgadillo 

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According to this document Benjamin Franklin presented hi self in-front of Parliament speaking about the fact of the stamp act and how it was affecting the colonist and how they believed that this taxes was not right to be put upon there since they were not presented in there.

Since this document was not created for a specific group the audience can be seen going both ways in either toward the colonist or toward the parliament since both sides had a part in this document/trail, and both represented their believes in the stamp act.
The point of view is similar to the audience because again both of the sides where represented in this trial, the audience can see the point of view from both sides and how they felt bout the stamp act, they can also see how parliament wanted to keep it and why the colonist wanted to repel it.

The document was created mainly to keep record of this conversation, but they main purpose of this whole conversation was for Franklin to convince parliament to repel the stamp act in the colonies and for parliament to try and convince colonist to keep it.

The document significance was mainly showed how the colonist felt about the stamp act and how they believed it was an unfair law mainly because they weren't even represented in parliament. And for the parliament it was important because it shows how they believed how the colonist should feel about the taxes imposed on them and how they would actually help them.

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Two Views of the British Empire (1767, 1775) -Kenzie and Marlos

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Two Views of the British Empire (1767, 1775) -Kenzie and Marlos

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This document was created to show the tension before the revolutionary war. This document was intended for the colonists. It was significant because it showed if North America and the British Empire should be separated.

¨Britannia: her colonies¨ was to illustrate the importance of the North American colonies to the British Empire. It encouraged independence.

They declared independence because of the tension between N.A and the British

Benjamin Franklin authorized the cartoon. His POV was to illustrate the importance of the North American colonies to the British Empire.

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Daniel Leonard Deplores the Rebellion (1775) - Bryson Shaffer & Alejandro Sanchez

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Daniel Leonard Deplores the Rebellion (1775) - Bryson Shaffer & Alejandro Sanchez

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Daniel Leonard was a British Loyalist, or Tory, who created this document, in 1775, in order to warn his fellow American Colonists about the consequences of stepping out of line from England's rules. He writes that rebellion was "the most atrocious offense" and continues to go into gruesome detail about what ought to be done to the American traders.

Leonard also writes more about the inferiority of the American militiamen compared to "the King's troops" who have firsthand experience in the art and strategy of war. He does this to attempt to show how the Americans are largely quantitatively and qualitatively outnumbered compared to the ginormous amount of skilled British troops.

Leonard focuses more on the political outlook over the economic view. In fact, economics were only mentioned in this document to convince the Americans to side with the British because of their economic and military inadequacy. Political views, however were described as inferior as well. This gives him another reason to throw at the the colonists to diminish their rebellious thoughts and convince them that America is still young and needs the British in order to socially, politically, militarily, and economically support them.

According to this document, Leonard's point of view was quite Loyalist. He felt that because the Colonists were of British descent they should continue to side with them and accept their protection and taxation instead of kindling a rebellion. Unsurprisingly enough, the standard Loyalist in this time period were commonly wealthy men who had high political power, influence, and were not swayed as much as the poor colonists by taxation. Unlike the Whigs, who tended to be poor and had 'extravagant' ideas of democracy and separation.

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Patrick Henry Demands Boldness (1775) By Audrey Hull & Nailea Llamas

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Patrick Henry Demands Boldness (1775) By Audrey Hull & Nailea Llamas

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This document is an excerpt of a famous speech given by Patrick Henry ("give me liberty or give me death!"). He is attempting to encourage the Virginia Assembly to join the revolution, and call them into action. He does so by including in his speech how the British belittle them and see them as "weak" etc. These insults were used to drive colonists into showing how they needed to show their bravery and dedication to independence.

Patrick Henry supports declaring independence by using political reasons. Henry discusses how they have "no election", meaning that they have no say in their current government system. He believed that if they did not do anything, they would basically be slaves.

Revolution was justified in the context of this document because the colonists being treated unfairly. Henry states that they have no choice but to join the war, and fight, saying that making peace would lead to their enslavement.

Henry's point of view influenced the speech by giving it a personal appeal. He uses "we" throughout the document which includes him as apart of the colonies.

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From Declaration of Rights and Grievances of the Colonies (1765) - Magali O., Shawn Hyles, Sarina Sek

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From Declaration of Rights and Grievances of the Colonies (1765) - Magali O., Shawn Hyles, Sarina Sek

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According to this document,  colonists were striving to emphasize their natural rights to the King who violated much of it. Britain had imposed a tax on stamps, which regulated newspapers, documents...etc. Representative bodies tried coming up with resolutions, which helped them develop a constitutional argument. (this document)

This Declaration gives off a set of 13 statements against the actions of parliament. Each of which stressed their importance of individualism and idea of self government. Colonists reasoned that without heavy dependencies, Great Britain would have a mutual relationship.

The document does not go into detail about specific actions against the British, but rather a nonviolent form of revolt. Colonists did not want violence.

The Colonists point of view deeply emphasized natural rights, and gives influence because it shows the movement toward freedom, breaking away from the mother country while still remaining loyal.

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Samuel Johnson Urges the Iron Fist (1775) - Mehak Chandi & Blake Scaife

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Samuel Johnson Urges the Iron Fist (1775) - Mehak Chandi & Blake Scaife

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This document was created by Samuel Jackson, with the intention of trying to urge the Britain King to go harder of the colonists because they were being too lenient. According to Samuel Johnson, if Britain goes hard on them now, then they would be able to get more out of it as time goes on. For example, if they keep the colonists in check, they would be able to benefit through more trade and taxes. Overall, the colonists are hypocrites for asking for liberty, while being in control of slaves.

According to this document, the colonies wanted to declare independence because of political and economic reasons. Johnson argued that they needed to stop being so gentle with their control over the Colonies. He wants them to crack down on the the Colonies and use the “Iron FIst.” They need to tax and control them more before a war breaks out.

The Colonists were justified in declaring independence from Great Britain. After Johnson wrote his document, Britain started to tighten their grasp on the Colonies. The British tried to implement more unfair taxes and continued to control trade.

Samuel Johnson’s point of view significantly influenced the writing of this document, since he was an educated, Britain man and hated the Americans. He was loyal to Britain and wanted them to prosper any way possible.

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"Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania" 1767-1768

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"Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania" 1767-1768

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This document was created in an attempt by John Dickinson to persuade colonists (especially those in favor of British interference) that the Townshend acts were unconstitutional and destructive to the liberty of the colonists. It is clear that his writing is persuasive, but his arguments are measured and relatively logical throughout the article, an approach that contrasts with Thomas Paine’s.

According to Dickinson, the revolution was justified. His writing contains both economic and political arguments, but his main ideas reflected his political views more than economic.

His perspective in saying "This power is lodged in the parliament; and we are as much dependent on Great Britain, as a perfectly free people can be on another," influenced the colonists that the possibility of successful independence was not out of reach.

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From Letters of a Loyalist Lady(1774)-Anne Hulton Document 3 Emily G. and Emily Z.

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From Letters of a Loyalist Lady(1774)-Anne Hulton Document 3 Emily G. and Emily Z.

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This document was created by Mrs. Anne Hulton who at the time was a Loyalist living in the colonies, who was describing how the colonists were reacting to the closing of the harbor as well as the burning desire of the Patriots to gain more support in the colonies to fight Great Britain. Such a letter was sent to

Mrs. Adam Lightbody a friend of Ann Hulton who was at the time living in Great Britain herself. Mrs Ann Hulton was a loyalist at the time of brewing troubles in the colonies before the revolution, within her letter she embodies the voice and thought of loyalist who only sought peace while the patriots as they thought were only causing more trouble and would soon lead to chaos.

According to Ms. Ann Hulton the colonies declared independence because although they could work around the port being closed they wouldn't be able to use the pathways that they did before as they would be almost impossible to pass and carry goods. This made for more of a political problem than economic because the colonists were still finding their way around the port being shut down which meant that they were just finding ways to get back at Parliament. An example of them doing things like that are refusing to buy British goods putting British merchants in distress for having shut down the port which to the colonies didn't have much affect. This made them very angry and some colonists began to split up and fight with each other over whether they should stand up and fight.

The colonies weren't really justified to declare independence because they were still finding other ways to get their molasses despite Parliament shutting down the Boston Port. This action of Parliament wasn't that serious to cause them to declare independence.

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Dean Josiah Tucker Advises a Divorce(1774)

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Dean Josiah Tucker Advises a Divorce(1774)

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Karina Torres & Hailey Marvin

This document was created, in order to let the colonies know that the " mother country" no longer needed them, since they had not brought much money to them. Tucker mentions how the British would be strengthened if they got rid of the colonies. Getting rid of the colonies would put a stop to emigrations and save them some money. It also discusses a little the relationship between Britain and the colonies

This document defines mostly economic reasons,since the British want to save money which is the reason for them thinking that getting rid of the colonies was an advantage.

Dean Josiah Tucker's point of view helped explain this topic, since he was known for writing pamphlets and  was an economist and political writer.

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Adam Smith Criticizes the Nation 1776 by Adam Smith- Jaci Maze, Alexis Daley and Carolina Ferreira

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Adam Smith Criticizes the Nation 1776 by Adam Smith- Jaci Maze, Alexis Daley and Carolina Ferreira

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Adam Smith used the Wealth of Nations to discuss the political and economic relationship between Britain and their American Colonies. Smith elaborates on the taxation, representation and protection that Britain provides for the Colonists. In the article Smith is analyzing how Britain’s government is affecting and imposing on the Colonies and how this relationship could continue to hold back both the Mother country and the Colonies. Adam Smith compares the relationship Britain has with the Colonies to the relationships it has with other provinces, how Britain taxes, treats and represents each of these areas. Smith concludes, based on the many relationships that are based on mercantilism that Britain has, that they should change the current economic and political relationships with the Colonies.

Based on our article the colonies declared independence in order to solve economic issues that had became evident in the relationship between the colonies and Britain. However, this document does more than just point out relationship issues between the colonies and Britain, it establishes how the colonies were no longer beneficial to Britain and were costing the more than they were producing, this was one issue that led to Britain no longer having a significant economic benefit with the colonies.

Adam Smith’s article focuses more on the crucial deficits that the colonies are causing on Britain. Smith shows how the colonies are no longer producing revenue but are still in need of costly support, money and protection from Britain. They are becoming larger and harder to support and control and are bringing in less and less economically for Britain and for this reason the colonies are justified in declaring their independence and Britain is justified in realizing it could possibly be better for them to let the colonies become independent.

Adam Smith is a modern philosopher and is often called the “father of modern capitalism”. In his  novel Wealth of Nations he uses his outlook as a Scottish philosopher to analyze with an outside point of view on how the relationship between the Colonies and Britain was affecting each party positively and negatively in different ways through the use of logical arguments that have little bias for either side.

2nd---Adam (POV)

Now this is Adam Smith’s point of view, of course with the whole French and Indian War, this left Great Britain almost super broke, now he mentions that the colonists have to pay more double the original debt (that is not there fault anyway). Another thing he mentions is that the colonies couldn’t pay as much as British, and that they should just go separate ways (talk about a heartbreaking relationship). Lastly Smith calls out the King (Yes it’s King George III of England), for brainwashing his people about a “Great British Empire with lots of gold,”(He did not necessarily say that way but the King did get into the head of the people about a Great Empire) and with that Smith says that everyone should wake up and realize that the British in America is just an Empire in the making (He also wants this project dropped entirely, meaning that the British should just disown themselves from America.)

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Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson-Mr. Reindl

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Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson-Mr. Reindl

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According to this document, King George III had violated the natural rights (life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness) of the American Colonists.  The majority of the Declaration is a list of grievances that the colonists had against the British.  The Patriots believed that they had tried for a redress of these grievances and the King had shown no willingness to do so, so Revolution was the only answer (abolish the existing government and replace it with one that would guarantee their rights).

The Declaration primarily lists political reasons, such as no representation in Parliament,  and the denial of rights to American colonies, but also mentions the imposition of unfair taxes and cutting off trade with the rest of the world, so Jefferson gives both political and economic reasons as to why the colonists were declaring independence, but the primary emphasis is on political power and rights.

According to this document, the Revolution was justified, as it lists in great detail the actions taken by the British that violated colonial rights.

Jefferson's point of view definitely influenced the writing of this document, as he is a die-hard Patriot.