The Massachusetts Port Bill and the Massachusetts Government Act both taxed the colonists for professing their thoughts publicly. The Boston Tea Party was an action of diplomacy, according to George R.T. Hewes, a participant in the affair, who reported that the colonists planned to “...take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard...” (Yazawa 115). The Boston Tea Party was a bold act by the colonists; it really got the attention of the British monarchy. In response to the Tea Party, the Massachusetts Port Bill was intended to punish the colonists for Britain's great lose of money (Henretta 153).…
After the French and Indian War ended, the British started imposing taxes and passing acts on the colonist because they were in debt after the war. The American colonists could not do anything about this because up until the American Revolution, Great Britain controlled America.. America, being a new place where people thought they could be free, was in turmoil. There were secret meetings against the British; people were ready to stand against the taxes and the new laws being passed.. Some of these laws, called the Acts of Parliament, were the the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, Stamp Act, and the Quartering Act.…
Danzer, 209] After the colonists figured out the King’s ruse with the tea taxes, there was another event in history that would change everything; The Boston Tea Party. December 17th, 1773, a group of rebels in Boston took to the streets wearing Native American disguises and paraded down to the docks. There, they snuck onto Britain ships and dumped millions of dollars worth of tea into the harbor. King George could not seem to have a break from the Massachusetts colony, so, he decided it would be best to punish them. Britain punished Boston by putting forward the Intolerable Acts and the Martial…
There are five things that consist of the Intolerable Acts. The first is the Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until the Dutch East India Company was repaid for the tea that had been dumped in the harbor. The second is the Massachusetts Government Act which put the government of Massachusetts almost entirely under the control of the British. The third was the Administration of Justice Act which allowed royal officials to be tried in Britain only if the king felt it was necessary. The fourth act was the Quartering Act, which ordered the colonies to provide a living space for British soldiers if they requested.…
Imagine it’s 1774 and you just found out that King George III has passed a new law to punish everyone for the 150 people who dumped tea in the harbor, and all the town meetings are canceled for the next six weeks! This act was called the Coercive Act, the King came off as being a bit dramatic because it’s not like all of Boston dumped tea in the harbor, only a small portion so it’s like getting punished for something a sibling or other family member did which most people tend to find unfair. England saw it a fair punishment for what's today known as the Boston Tea Party.…
This was called the Boston Massacre. Later on, more taxes were made. One of those taxes was the Tea act that taxed tea. Just like all the other acts, the colonists were not to happy about this and began doing protests. In 1763, the Sons of Liberty snuck onto British ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.…
These taxes made the colonists relationship with Britain even weaker. In 1768, merchants in Boston made a vow not to import British goods. Other colonial cities soon joined Boston in this “non-importation” agreement. The British sent troops to Boston to keep order and enacted the Quartering Act, forcing colonists to house and feed the troops in their homes.…
The Quartering Act required colonists to provide housing for British troops which was uncomfortable for the colonists because they did not want Redcoats in their homes. On March 5, 1770, a crowd of townspeople were protesting Britain’s actions regarding the colonies. They attacked ten redcoats who opened fired on them killing or wounding eleven colonists. The Boston Massacre was proof of how unhappy the colonists were and the dangerous results it could lead to, yet Britain did not take the hint. In April 1775, a British commander in Boston sent troops to Lexington to seize colonial gunpowder and to capture the rebel colonists, Samuel Adams and John Hancock.…
The Tea Act led to increasing numbers of American protests and then finally the Boston Tea Party. The colonists knew if the tea was sold then Parliament would continue to tax them until all of their freedoms had disappeared, therefore, the tea party was their time to act. Ferling described the Tea Party as “the first act of turbulent and pivotal decade that was to follow, for the congresses, the war, and the diplomacy that would fill the breathtaking years between 1774 and 1783 grew from those events in Boston during that cold December of 1773” (104). Following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed the Coercive Acts which closed the Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for. This enraged the colonists once again and they considered it to be “unjust, illegal, and oppressive” (Proceedings of Farmington,…
Another attack on citizens rights was the quartering act of 1765. Colonists weren't pleased when the government forced…
The British King and Parliament were depriving colonists of their natural rights, therefore justifying the colonists’ actions of rebellion and independence. There are many ways to look at this statement, two of which are the following: everyone was born with God given natural rights or everyone had king granted rights. The first side of the statement is this: everyone was born with God given rights to life, liberty, and property. This idea came from John Locke in the 17th century.…
Economics is a very important factor in our country and it all began through mass production of tobacco and new ideas. Tobacco growth in New England in the early 1600s is what constructed our economy from the start. It’s rapid growth fulfilled by John Rolfe in 1612 led to mass production. This was refined in Jamestown, which is a New England colony discovered in 1607 by the London Company.…
The Coercive Acts pushed the colonists to rebel further. The acts restricted the colonists more than they were already. They were restricted from using the Boston Harbor until the city paid for the tea that they threw over the boat. Because the harbor was closed, there could be no trading. Having no trade hurt the Bostonians and their trade business.…
Parliament pushed too far when they enacted the Quartering Act of (1765), this required colonist to provide food and shelter to British soldiers serving in the colonies. There ratified Americans because it left no room for discussion. Providing food and shelter was extremely cost saving measure for parliament which meant less expenses. An event that would cause havoc to the British empire was the Boston Massacre, which five Bostonian’s died that day to the red coat armies. Many patriots ' lives under King George ruling went lost, however, the Sons of Liberty would capitalize and use the Boston Massacre as a way to gain control over the…
On March 23, 1775, in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry gave a speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses. His speech contained a quote that would verbalize the morale of many Americans for the revolutionary years to come, “Give me liberty or give me death”. The odds were stacked against the Americans, but the determination to rid themselves of a tyrannical leach pushed them through to victory. The colonists managed to turn the tide in the war with the British and secure their homeland because of the morale garnered by political unrest, the diplomatic success with France, and the exceptional leadership by American generals. Political discord between England and its colonies persisted since shortly after their formation, but the Seven Years…