Day: January 26, 2020

American Revolution: Part II Events after 1763 1764–1766: Taxes imposed and withdrawn Currency Act (1764): In 1764 Parliament passed the Currency Act to restrain the use of paper money that British merchants saw as a means to evade debt payments. It prohibited the colonists from designating paper currency for use as payment for any debts, […]

American Revolution: Part I The American Revolution, that took place between 1765 and 1783, was a political upheaval during which colonists in the Thirteen North American Colonies of Great Britain rejected the British monarchy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. selfstudyhistory.com The […]

American Revolution: Part V Was American Revolution really a Revolution? One view is that American Revolution was truly Revolution i.e. a radical event that truly changed American society. selfstudyhistory.com As per the view of some historians, the Revolution was truly revolutionary because it transformed a society that had been bound by English hierarchy of ranks […]