The French and Indian War had ended, and Britain and America had defeated the French and the Indians. The British and Americans had fought very well together, and after the victory in the war, it would be pretty much a given that their relationship would improve greatly as a result of this. What actually happened though, was the opposite. After the war, the British were in a great debt, and they believed the colonies should help them pay for it. While in desperate need of money, Britain tried greatly to control the colonies, trying to get as much money out of them as the could. This did nothing but make the colonies angry. “The day the French and Indian war began was the same day the revolution became inevitable”- B. Paternostro. This
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Events like the Boston Massacre, where British soldiers opened fire into a crowd, killing 5 colonists, and the Boston Tea Party, where the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 crates of British tea into the Boston Harbor. As a result of the Boston Tea Party, Britain wanted to punish the colonies for wasting all that tea, which lost them lost of money. Their punishment was the Coercive Acts, which are better known as the Intolerable Acts. This was a series of acts meant to greatly punish the colonies for their actions. There were four parts to the act. The first, was the Boston Port Act. This act closed ports in Boston until they could pay for all the tea they dumped. The second was the Quartering Act. This was revised from the previous quartering act. This act made colonists not only accommodate for British soldiers in public facilities, but also private as well. The third part was the Administration of Justice Act. This act allowed British officials accused of crimes in the colonies be tried in England. The final part the Massachusetts Government Act, which filled elective offices in colonies with royal officials, rather that popularly elected officials. “The Coercive Acts, far from isolating Massachusetts, made it martyr to residents of other countries and sparked new resistance up and down the coast.”
Events like the Boston Massacre, where British soldiers opened fire into a crowd, killing 5 colonists, and the Boston Tea Party, where the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 crates of British tea into the Boston Harbor. As a result of the Boston Tea Party, Britain wanted to punish the colonies for wasting all that tea, which lost them lost of money. Their punishment was the Coercive Acts, which are better known as the Intolerable Acts. This was a series of acts meant to greatly punish the colonies for their actions. There were four parts to the act. The first, was the Boston Port Act. This act closed ports in Boston until they could pay for all the tea they dumped. The second was the Quartering Act. This was revised from the previous quartering act. This act made colonists not only accommodate for British soldiers in public facilities, but also private as well. The third part was the Administration of Justice Act. This act allowed British officials accused of crimes in the colonies be tried in England. The final part the Massachusetts Government Act, which filled elective offices in colonies with royal officials, rather that popularly elected officials. “The Coercive Acts, far from isolating Massachusetts, made it martyr to residents of other countries and sparked new resistance up and down the coast.”