Many revolutions come from the people of the particular nation being fed up and over the unnecessary rules of an overzealous ruler that is just being extremely harsh for no real reason at all. Most of these rulers have the attitude of ‘oh, I am just going to be cruel because I can, you are beneath me, and there is nothing you can do about it”. The citizens are then pushed to challenge their ruler especially once the realize there is only one ruler and that if they stand up together against them then they will be able to overcome his harsh ways and overthrow them altogether. Every nation has had a revolution because they grew tired of the requirements from the ruler they once had and some of the causes were both long term and short term in its’
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In March 1770, there were a group of British troops in Boston that were stationed there for duty. On the 5th day of the month, there was one troop guarding the Boston Customs Home and some boys came along and began to throw snowballs at the guard and insulting them as well. The occurrences at the scene caused a group to show up and the guard called for help which prompted his captain to show up with seven other soldiers. This caused the group to continue to throw snowballs and rocks until a gone was fired and which caused a shooting that wounded eleven and killed four. Samuel Adams, Sons of Liberty, and the people of Boston were infuriated at the happenings in their town. They made a big fuss about the people hurt and killed and held a mass funeral for the persons that were killed. This was supposed to be evidence to be used against the British and show how they were horrible people and the cruel intentions. After the acquittal of six of the eight persons at the scene of the crime, the people of the colonies were even more convinced that the British rule had gone too far and that things weren’t fair. It prompted them to form more groups to go against them …show more content…
The Boston Tea Party occurred in May of 1773. The Parliament had just passed legislation that allowed the East India Company to sell and ship tea to the American colonies. Though, it did not tax or increase the cost of the tea, the people were not happy and this was the last straw after all the other acts that had been placed against them, so they decided to rebel. The Committee of Correspondence formed groups of boycotters for the colonies that unloaded tea from the East India Company ships, but at the port in Boston things turned ugly. The night that the tea was dumped overboard fifty men were dressed as Native Americans and threw out forty-five tons tea. Though there were many witnesses to the events dealing with tea, they were refused to testify against the men. This caused the Parliament to respond immediately with the Coercive and Intolerable Acts which was push in attempts to force the people in the nation to respect the
In March 1770, there were a group of British troops in Boston that were stationed there for duty. On the 5th day of the month, there was one troop guarding the Boston Customs Home and some boys came along and began to throw snowballs at the guard and insulting them as well. The occurrences at the scene caused a group to show up and the guard called for help which prompted his captain to show up with seven other soldiers. This caused the group to continue to throw snowballs and rocks until a gone was fired and which caused a shooting that wounded eleven and killed four. Samuel Adams, Sons of Liberty, and the people of Boston were infuriated at the happenings in their town. They made a big fuss about the people hurt and killed and held a mass funeral for the persons that were killed. This was supposed to be evidence to be used against the British and show how they were horrible people and the cruel intentions. After the acquittal of six of the eight persons at the scene of the crime, the people of the colonies were even more convinced that the British rule had gone too far and that things weren’t fair. It prompted them to form more groups to go against them …show more content…
The Boston Tea Party occurred in May of 1773. The Parliament had just passed legislation that allowed the East India Company to sell and ship tea to the American colonies. Though, it did not tax or increase the cost of the tea, the people were not happy and this was the last straw after all the other acts that had been placed against them, so they decided to rebel. The Committee of Correspondence formed groups of boycotters for the colonies that unloaded tea from the East India Company ships, but at the port in Boston things turned ugly. The night that the tea was dumped overboard fifty men were dressed as Native Americans and threw out forty-five tons tea. Though there were many witnesses to the events dealing with tea, they were refused to testify against the men. This caused the Parliament to respond immediately with the Coercive and Intolerable Acts which was push in attempts to force the people in the nation to respect the