AP Notes, Outlines, Study Guides, Vocabulary, Practice Exams and more!

Roles of people for Independence of colonies

2 posts / 0 new
Last post
varsitycheer1245's picture
Offline
Joined: Sep 2005
Roles of people for Independence of colonies

What role did each of the following play in producing wide-based support for independence in the colonies?

a. Inept british officials such as Charles Townshend or George Grenville?

b. Dedicated radicals, sucha as samuel adams and patrick henry??

c. responsible moderates such as john adams ben franklin and thomas jefferson?

if ne one could help.. id appreciate it! =)

wingless's picture
Offline
Joined: Aug 2005

charles townshend --> townshend acts which are acts that place tax on tea, lead, paint, and glass

george grenville - enforce navigation laws, sugar act, and include the first quartering act that states that colonists have to build barracks for brits. most importantly the stamp act because that was the first direct tax placed on the colonists and they hated it.

sam adams- formed local committees of correspondence which leads to the intercolonial committees of correspondence (big step for colonial unity) and was involved in the continental congress

patrick henry- part of continental congress, the give me liberty or give me death speech which kinda sparked the colonists

Need Help?

We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.

For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.

If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.

Need Notes?

While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!