In the early 1760s through 1776, there were series of events that occurred that affected Americans and eventually turned these once loyal British individuals into desiring freedom and independence.
In 1763, George Grenville who was the new prime minister, wasn 't happy about the amount of money being produced by the American customs ' duties so he decided to enforce taxes to earn additional earnings. The first tax taking into place was the Revenue Act better known as the Sugar Act in 1764. The duties Colonists had to pay on molasses was lowered but began to tax sugar and other goods imported to the colonies. There were also stricter penalties for smuggling. (Keene, pg. 104)
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107). Charles Townshend who was a British finance minister, thought that the colonists had a problem with being taxed internally so he imposed a tax that affected external trade such as glass, paint, paper and tea that was imported into the colonies (Keene, pg. 107). However, the Americans disputed being taxed at all whether it was internally or externally. In response to the Townshend Acts, the Americans began a nonimportation movement which was a boycott against the British. This movement gave American women the opportunity to contribute to the defense of American rights. It also raised their consciousness. Also in 1774, a group of women in Edenton, North Carolina organized a tea boycott as tea drinking became a political …show more content…
His ship was believed to have been smuggling and the seizing of his ship would prove it (Keene, pg. 108). This of course didn 't suit well with the Bostonians who began to riot, and run the officials out of town. However, this was not the end of the British who got additional troops to the area and by 1769, there were almost 4,000 station by the British. Soon to follow was the Boston Massacre where it was painted that the British fired on unarmed colonists, a group of angry colonists called The Tar and Feathering Committee that were located in Philadelphia who threatened to tar and feather ships who landed with British tea (Keene, pg. 109) and Bostonians who dressed as Indians, boarded a British ship that was loaded with tea and emptied all the chests of tea in to the harbor (better known as the Boston Tea Party).
To punish the colonists who were responsible for this Boston Tea Party, the British passed the Coercive Acts known to colonists as the Intolerable Acts. This closed the Port of Boston, restrict the colony 's political institutions and allowed the British to house troops in private homes (Keene, pg.
In 1763, George Grenville who was the new prime minister, wasn 't happy about the amount of money being produced by the American customs ' duties so he decided to enforce taxes to earn additional earnings. The first tax taking into place was the Revenue Act better known as the Sugar Act in 1764. The duties Colonists had to pay on molasses was lowered but began to tax sugar and other goods imported to the colonies. There were also stricter penalties for smuggling. (Keene, pg. 104)
This Sugar Act put into place affected the American 's beliefs in …show more content…
107). Charles Townshend who was a British finance minister, thought that the colonists had a problem with being taxed internally so he imposed a tax that affected external trade such as glass, paint, paper and tea that was imported into the colonies (Keene, pg. 107). However, the Americans disputed being taxed at all whether it was internally or externally. In response to the Townshend Acts, the Americans began a nonimportation movement which was a boycott against the British. This movement gave American women the opportunity to contribute to the defense of American rights. It also raised their consciousness. Also in 1774, a group of women in Edenton, North Carolina organized a tea boycott as tea drinking became a political …show more content…
His ship was believed to have been smuggling and the seizing of his ship would prove it (Keene, pg. 108). This of course didn 't suit well with the Bostonians who began to riot, and run the officials out of town. However, this was not the end of the British who got additional troops to the area and by 1769, there were almost 4,000 station by the British. Soon to follow was the Boston Massacre where it was painted that the British fired on unarmed colonists, a group of angry colonists called The Tar and Feathering Committee that were located in Philadelphia who threatened to tar and feather ships who landed with British tea (Keene, pg. 109) and Bostonians who dressed as Indians, boarded a British ship that was loaded with tea and emptied all the chests of tea in to the harbor (better known as the Boston Tea Party).
To punish the colonists who were responsible for this Boston Tea Party, the British passed the Coercive Acts known to colonists as the Intolerable Acts. This closed the Port of Boston, restrict the colony 's political institutions and allowed the British to house troops in private homes (Keene, pg.