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Pontiac’s Rebellion

PONTIAC’S REBELLION named for the Ottawa Indian chief who led the uprising , began when Pontiac led an attack on the fort of Detroit. The raid and the Indians began a siege . Pontiac in October secured a truce and withdrew to the west a final peace agreement in 1766 marked the end of the rebellion .

Our proclamation that we have in our letters patent under our GREAT SEAL OF GREAT BRITIAN by which the said government are constituted. The government of Quebec bounded on the Labrador Coast by the River St. John and from thence by a line drawn from the lake St. John to the south end of the lake Nipissing from whence the said line.

The American Revolution was waged not only on the field of battle but in the long underground struggle that went on in the commerce marts of Philadelphia. For without their contributions of money to pay for the troops to buy food and guns even George Washington could not have kept an army in the field.

Samuel Adams was born in Boston , Massachusetts on September 27 , 1722. He was a leader of the fight against British colonial rule and a singer of the Declaration of Independence . Adams was a cousin of John Adams who became President of the U.S . Samuel Adams graduated from Harvard College with a master of art degree in 1743. After college he entered Private business and throughout this period was an outspoken participant in Boston town meetings.

As the nation find itself on the brink of a constitutional crisis as members of congress prepare to address the momentous question of whether president committed high crimes and misdemeanors in office.

On March 18, 1766 parliament repealed the Stamp Act . It passed the following act the same day to declare its viscous on the constitutional claims made by the American colonies . The nature of this situation be understood in part from the motion to repeal the law .