American Revolution Dbq

In the beginning, the colonies were british owned. Some parts of the Parliament's control bothered the colonists such as the Currency Acts of 1751 and 1764. When the French and Indian war took place, 1754 to 1763, King George III lost money for buying expensive supplies for his army and colonies. He imposed taxes on the colonies, without consent, to pay off his debt. The colonist were outraged. Money was a major cause of the American Revolution. Colonists now had to pay taxes for things that were once free. They had began boycott of Britain goods. Which became of King George III now becoming furious. He sent soldiers across the Atlantic ocean to make sure the colonists were being “well behaved”. What is perhaps the most famous cause of the American Revolution, a young ship owner brought a full ship of taxed tea from Britain and declared he would see it unloaded.
The Boston Tea Party took place in 1774. The colonists said they wouldn't see any of the tea leave the ship. At night, a group of colonists disguised as American Indians trespassed through the ship and threw the tea overboard. The tea, now ruined, filled the harbor. If they …show more content…
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. The last act was the Quebec Act which expanded British territory into Canada and guaranteed the free practice of Roman