Valleydale High School - Conquest Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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We cannot, I fear, falsify the pedigree of this fierce people and persuade them that they are not sprung from a natzon Ln whose vezns the blood of freedom ctrculates Edmund Burke 1766 If one were to lsolate a slngle lflCldCIll whlch prec1p1tated colonlal Amerlca s struggle for ID dependence 1t would be the Stamp Act of l765 lf there was a pomt of no return lt occurred w1th the Ollve Branch petltlon of 1775 Thls ten year perlod marked a tlme 1n whlch a natlon was fash 1oned forged 1n the heat of frustratlon on the anvrl of the North Amerlcan contlnent An overwhelmmg problem facmg the Br1t1sh Crown m the l760s was the fmanctal stram placed upon the Enghsh people a stram furthered ln part by the mamtenance of Br1t1sh troops ln the Amerlcan colonles The steady expanslon westward called for even more troops to protect and secure thls new land 5-.l fee-MQ 'Sryn fvwlyx vi Ui! JJ 77 Y 2 F P 1 Rebelllous S lrzpes Flag British S tamp Tax Seal 1765 In 1765 by royal proclamatlon Kmg George III closed all land west of the Alleghenles to further lmmrgratlon and expanslon Parllament 1n order to force the colonies to pay thelr falr share for protectlon passed the Stamp Act Although thls tax on documents and legal papers amounted only to .5560 000 a year there was lnstant outcry from the colonles agalnst thls lnternal tax Many felt that lt was one more burden 1n a 11st of repressxve acts by the Crown Fear also exlsted among Engllsh credltors that colomal merchants and planters could not meet thelr debts and pay thls addltlonal tax as well The seeds of dlscontent were spreadlng through the colomes farther and faster than anyone ex pected New problems of enforcmg the taxes conductmg trlals and metlng out punlshments all brought further alarm In Boston Phlla delphla New York Charleston and even IH WllllamSbUfg apprehenslon began to run hlgh In a flery speech before the House of Burgesses May 29 l765 months before the Stamp Act was to go mto effect Patrlck Henry shook the splre of the Capltol w1th h1s verbal assault agamst the Crown Many caut1ous men who heard lt mcludmg a young lawyer named ,171 e 'YZV , V 11' E W W iv? ' ' ,as - ' ' ,-t I nl. ,signal . .,g. ln the course o human events it becomes necessar for one eo le to dissolve the olitical b P

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Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it! Patrick Henry 1765 Through the years of 1767-69, tensions seethed just below the surface. Most of the trouble occurred in the port cities and surrounding areas. The press became more unified and more outspoken for colonial rights. f .. 1 . xx H tt! --fp .. V 5 fs in M if 1, lf irss I If 'ai A' ,T fi if 5 . it V1 p ,x . ,QI . 1 f .A .e, . 'sf ' f ss, ll -ff ?? - V fha J s J, FIS.. ,Jin 1 ., ' il' 1 3 'A A .tt' if Apvfafiafdvrv-I Governors Mansion ln 1769, George Washington, in an address to the House of Burgesses, called for a set of re- solves which stated 'fonly Virginians could tax Virginiansf' Soon Virginiajoined Massachusetts in an importation agreement. The colonies showed unity by boycotting English goods. By the spring of 1770, after the tally sheets of British merchants showed a strong decline in revenue, the Townshend Act died. All that re- mained was a small tax on tea. The American patriots still were not satisfied. Skirmishes be- tween the Sons of Liberty and British troops garrisoned in Boston, New York, and Phila- delphia would occasionally break out, but not until March 5, 1770, was the real spark ignited. A British sentry was standing his post' that night in front of the Commons House in Boston while local toughs taunted him. Several other guards came to assist him and soon the mob had grown to considerable size. A shot was fired and, before order was restored, several colonials were dead or wounded. What soon became known as the 'tBoston Massacreu was a signal fire to militant radicals like Samuel Adams of Boston. Fanning the flames wherever and when- ever possible, the rebels kept alive the spirit of independence. England remained antagonistic to the cause of independence during 1771-72, steering a middle course with the colonies, trying for some reason- able solution. During this time, however, the Sons Raleigh Tavern and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Natures God entitle them, a decent ies 1