Before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War the tension between the colonists and Britain was at an all time high. During the 1700s, Britain imposed a series of acts that would allow the to restore their dominance over the colonies. However, these acts only caused relationship problems between the colonists and Britain. Between 1773 and 1775, before the war in 1776, there was a major imperial crisis between Britain and its colonies in America. The final factors that led to war were the Tea Act, the Intolerable Acts imposed on to the colonists, and their reactions to these acts. The Tea Act of 1773, set off a chain of events that would inevitably lead to the Revolutionary war. The Tea Act itself was an act that eliminated imports duties on
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However, the colonist viewed this as Britain trying to create a monopoly over the tea trade and Britain trying to make the colonist only buy their tea. This angered the colonist and many of the colonies like New York and Philadelphia refused to accept the tea. In Boston the Son of Liberty, a patriotic group, dressed up as Native Americans and dumped all of the tea into the Boston Harbor. Other colonies replicated Boston’s Tea party, and dumped their tea into the harbour. These act of rebellion angered the British parliament and lead to the establishment of the Coercive acts. The Coercive Acts of 1774 were created to discipline the Massachusetts colony after the Boston Tea Party. These acts mainly affected Boston, and were used to show the rest of the colonies what would happen if anyone else tried to rebel like Boston. To the colonists these act were also known as the intolerable acts. The first Coercive Act was the Massachusetts Government Act that shut down the local governments and only allowed one meeting a year for local government in all of Massachusetts, not just Boston, and revoked the colony’s 1691 charter. This led to many upset Massachusetts colonist because there local governments were no longer being run by themselves but by the British. The second act was
However, the colonist viewed this as Britain trying to create a monopoly over the tea trade and Britain trying to make the colonist only buy their tea. This angered the colonist and many of the colonies like New York and Philadelphia refused to accept the tea. In Boston the Son of Liberty, a patriotic group, dressed up as Native Americans and dumped all of the tea into the Boston Harbor. Other colonies replicated Boston’s Tea party, and dumped their tea into the harbour. These act of rebellion angered the British parliament and lead to the establishment of the Coercive acts. The Coercive Acts of 1774 were created to discipline the Massachusetts colony after the Boston Tea Party. These acts mainly affected Boston, and were used to show the rest of the colonies what would happen if anyone else tried to rebel like Boston. To the colonists these act were also known as the intolerable acts. The first Coercive Act was the Massachusetts Government Act that shut down the local governments and only allowed one meeting a year for local government in all of Massachusetts, not just Boston, and revoked the colony’s 1691 charter. This led to many upset Massachusetts colonist because there local governments were no longer being run by themselves but by the British. The second act was