enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Olive Branch Petition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Branch_Petition

    The Second Continental Congress convened in May 1775, and most delegates followed John Dickinson in his quest to reconcile with King George. However, a rather small group of delegates led by John Adams believed that war was inevitable, and they decided that the wisest course of action was to remain quiet and wait for the opportune time to rally the people.

  3. Opposition to the American Civil War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_the_American...

    The peace movement was not met without violence and resistance. Peace meetings were disrupted by Unionists who opposed anti-war sentiment. Peace flags were torn down and replaced by the Stars and Stripes. In the case of newspapers, Unionist papers attempted to quell peace papers by saying rebel papers were going to die out.

  4. Daughters of Liberty - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_Liberty

    The main task of the Daughters of Liberty was to protest the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts through aiding the Sons of Liberty in boycotts and support movements prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The Daughters of Liberty participated in spinning bees, helping to produce homespun cloth for colonists to wear instead of British textiles ...

  5. American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

    The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

  6. Boston Tea Party - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

    The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.

  7. Pacifism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifism

    Pacifism covers a spectrum of views, including the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war, opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism), rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals, the ...

  8. List of American Revolutionary War battles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American...

    Battle of the Rice Boats: March 2–3, 1776: Georgia: British victory [21] Raid of Nassau: March 3–4, 1776: Bahamas: Patriot victory. They raided against the Bahamas to obtain supplies [22] Battle of Saint-Pierre: March 25, 1776: Quebec: Patriot victory [23] Battle of Block Island: April 6, 1776: Rhode Island: British victory [24] Battle of ...

  9. Diplomacy in the American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_in_the_American...

    Lord North took the uncharacteristic role of conciliator for the drafting of a resolution which was passed on February 20, 1775. It was an attempt to reach a peaceful settlement with the Thirteen Colonies immediately prior to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War; it declared that any colony that contributed to the common defense and provided support for the civil government, and the ...

  1. Related searches peaceful ways to protest the war of independence in order to fight the battle

    opposition to the civil warnorthern opposition to the civil war