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The Boston Tea Party
Santeanna Colunga
Survey Of American History 101-00F-F1-201620
Mark Myers
December 7,2016
The British Parliament was finding many ways to make laws and impose taxes on the American colonies. The British Parliament is the supreme legislative body in the UK. They wanted to have complete control over America. They first started with the Proclamation Act of 1763. This act forbade settlement anywhere that passed a line drawn which went through the Appalachian Mountains. Sugar Acts (Revenue Act) of 1764, which is the next act created, was an adjusted version of the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733. This act puts taxes on sugar and other goods. Then it goes to the …show more content…
The British expected them to abide by every given rule, and for the Americans that was not the case. The Americans looked at it as the British overruling and trying to keep power over everyone, but the Americans knew better than that. No one can just walk in and take over, especially putting taxes on something that others did not even have to pay for. The Americans, specifically the Sons of Liberty, saw it as a wrong and decided to take things in their own matter of …show more content…
The British parliament adopted the Coercive Acts in 1774. The British were so angry and outraged about the destruction of the tea and other things that the American colonists had done that they adopted this act. The Coercive Acts were made to punish the American colonists for their destruction. There were four parts to this act; the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. The Boston Port Act was to close the port of Boston from the citizens until all the tea that was destroyed and lost had been paid for. All of the colonists were affected by this act and not just towards the ones who had been the ones to destroy the tea. This angered the colonists especially since they were not allowed to put a word in as to why the destruction happened. The Massachusetts Government Act made it to where the colonist was under the British government control. The colonist was allowed a limited amount of meetings to one per year unless there was one appointed by the
The Boston Tea Party
Santeanna Colunga
Survey Of American History 101-00F-F1-201620
Mark Myers
December 7,2016
The British Parliament was finding many ways to make laws and impose taxes on the American colonies. The British Parliament is the supreme legislative body in the UK. They wanted to have complete control over America. They first started with the Proclamation Act of 1763. This act forbade settlement anywhere that passed a line drawn which went through the Appalachian Mountains. Sugar Acts (Revenue Act) of 1764, which is the next act created, was an adjusted version of the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733. This act puts taxes on sugar and other goods. Then it goes to the …show more content…
The British expected them to abide by every given rule, and for the Americans that was not the case. The Americans looked at it as the British overruling and trying to keep power over everyone, but the Americans knew better than that. No one can just walk in and take over, especially putting taxes on something that others did not even have to pay for. The Americans, specifically the Sons of Liberty, saw it as a wrong and decided to take things in their own matter of …show more content…
The British parliament adopted the Coercive Acts in 1774. The British were so angry and outraged about the destruction of the tea and other things that the American colonists had done that they adopted this act. The Coercive Acts were made to punish the American colonists for their destruction. There were four parts to this act; the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. The Boston Port Act was to close the port of Boston from the citizens until all the tea that was destroyed and lost had been paid for. All of the colonists were affected by this act and not just towards the ones who had been the ones to destroy the tea. This angered the colonists especially since they were not allowed to put a word in as to why the destruction happened. The Massachusetts Government Act made it to where the colonist was under the British government control. The colonist was allowed a limited amount of meetings to one per year unless there was one appointed by the