The American revolution started from the American colonies wanting to declare independence from Great Britain. Why did they want independence and how did they get it? The American colonies wanted their freedom from Great Britain because of a series of events that continued to increase the tension level between the two. The tension started with the French and Indian war (also known as the seven-year war). This war was caused by the French building on land that not only belonged to them, but also to Great Britain. Together Great Britain, the American colonies, and their Indian allies declared war on France and their Indian allies over this land. The war ended in 1763 with a victory for Great Britain. The war itself was not the start of the
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The sugar and stamp acts were taxes places on the sugar and stamped goods that the colonist bought. The colonist was upset because they felt they were being taxed by Parliament with no representation for the American colonies in Great Britain, they referred to it as “taxation without representation”. After the stamp act was passed nine American colonies gathered in order to ask all colonies to stop buying stamped goods, they called themselves the Stamp Act congress. This event made Parliament cancel the Stamp act. However, two years later in 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend acts; these acts imposed taxes on many goods such as glass, lead, paints, and tea that was imported into the colonies. The colonist saw the Townshend acts as an abuse of power from the Parliament. They felt that Great Britain was just trying to show them who is still boss. Many colonies communicated through mail about protesting against these new laws parliament passed; by doing this the colonies made Parliament repeal the Townshend acts in 1770, but they kept taxes on …show more content…
Parliament passed the Tea act of 1773, allowing British tea companies to sell their tea in the American colonies for a much lower price. The colonist believed that Great Britain was throwing gas on an already blazing fire by passing this law. The colonist boycotted the British tea and stopped allowing Great Britain’s tea ships onto the shores on the American colonies. A ship’s captain refused to be turned away by the colonist at the Boston harbor and wouldn’t leave until the tea was unloaded from his ships. On December 16th of 1773, the sons of liberty struck back by disguised themselves as Indians and the dumped a majority of the tea on the ships over board. This event was called the Boston tea party. Parliament reacted to the Boston tea party by not allowing any colonist goods leave the Boston shore until the cost for the wasted tea was paid back and the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774. The colonist referred to the coercive acts as the intolerable acts because they felt they were extremely outrageous and unfair. Twelve or of thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia on September 7th, 1774 in order to discuss how to handle things, this meeting was called the first Continental Congress. The result of this meeting was the colonies boycotting British goods until Parliament repealed the coercive acts. They met again in May of 1775, after the Lexington and Concord battle. This battle was
The sugar and stamp acts were taxes places on the sugar and stamped goods that the colonist bought. The colonist was upset because they felt they were being taxed by Parliament with no representation for the American colonies in Great Britain, they referred to it as “taxation without representation”. After the stamp act was passed nine American colonies gathered in order to ask all colonies to stop buying stamped goods, they called themselves the Stamp Act congress. This event made Parliament cancel the Stamp act. However, two years later in 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend acts; these acts imposed taxes on many goods such as glass, lead, paints, and tea that was imported into the colonies. The colonist saw the Townshend acts as an abuse of power from the Parliament. They felt that Great Britain was just trying to show them who is still boss. Many colonies communicated through mail about protesting against these new laws parliament passed; by doing this the colonies made Parliament repeal the Townshend acts in 1770, but they kept taxes on …show more content…
Parliament passed the Tea act of 1773, allowing British tea companies to sell their tea in the American colonies for a much lower price. The colonist believed that Great Britain was throwing gas on an already blazing fire by passing this law. The colonist boycotted the British tea and stopped allowing Great Britain’s tea ships onto the shores on the American colonies. A ship’s captain refused to be turned away by the colonist at the Boston harbor and wouldn’t leave until the tea was unloaded from his ships. On December 16th of 1773, the sons of liberty struck back by disguised themselves as Indians and the dumped a majority of the tea on the ships over board. This event was called the Boston tea party. Parliament reacted to the Boston tea party by not allowing any colonist goods leave the Boston shore until the cost for the wasted tea was paid back and the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774. The colonist referred to the coercive acts as the intolerable acts because they felt they were extremely outrageous and unfair. Twelve or of thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia on September 7th, 1774 in order to discuss how to handle things, this meeting was called the first Continental Congress. The result of this meeting was the colonies boycotting British goods until Parliament repealed the coercive acts. They met again in May of 1775, after the Lexington and Concord battle. This battle was