Boston Tea Party

army and the colonial began, the British army shot, killed five people, that is Dayton Boston Massacre, that is why we should fight for our country, fight for the people that sacrificed themselves, we need to fight for our liberty! Colonies against the stamp act, the boycott of British goods. Colonial women also organized to boycott of British goods, they no longer wear gorgeous imported clothes and drink foreign tea, but use local goods. Colonies have an influential woman called Mercy Otis…

act is Parliament still intended to raise money from the colonies to pay off Britain’s debt. The Townshend Acts were viewed as undue interference in colonial affairs and caused deep resentment and widespread resistance. The items that were taxed were tea, glass, lead, paint, and paper. It does not say what would happen if they didn’t follow…

enforce were the Stamp Act, which was taxes on paper and important documents, the Townshend Act, which was a tax on revenue, and the Tea Act, which was a tax on tea. Colonists who were strongly opposed to these taxes organized protests to voice their opinion and demand these acts not be enforced. One of the most famous protests is known as the Boston Massacre. “The Boston…

Then came the colonist who fought like “Americans” in Boston, colonist rioted and destroyed the house of the stamp distributor. The tension between the colonist and England was…

The Sons of Liberty are shrouded in secrecy and mystery, but they played a vital part in the pursuit of American Independence. The Sons of Liberty were established in Boston and New York through the guidance of Samuel Adams. The Sons of Liberty would meet under the cover of darkness to avoid detection from the British officials or Loyalists. The Sons of Liberty were seen as heroes or patriots by the Colonists but the British saw them as committing treason. The Sons of Liberty were right to…

American Revolution was justified. There are many reasons to why the American Revolution was justified. One reason is that the Acts that England put in place were unreasonable. The Tea Act and the Sugar Act were good examples of it. They were both put in place with out their consent. With the Tea Act ,taxes rose up on tea. The colonists did not want to pay more. The Sugar Act was also about raising taxes on the colonists. It was made to replace the Molasses Act. It made it nearly impossible…

This chapter focused on the historical founding of the constitution. The first founding was initially shaped by political conflicts between the British settlers and Great Britain. Among the British settlers were five different social classes; the New England merchants, the southern planters, royalists, shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers, and small farmers. The conflict over taxation trade and commerce between these groups later brought them together to form a colonial resistance against Great…

part in American History. The American Revolution began in 1775, but more than a decade before the revolution tensions were on the rise. The British government was raising taxes on goods purchased by the colonist. The Stamp Act, Townshend Tariffs and Tea Act were some of the taxing laws that caused the heated argument…

The American colonists’ actions towards Britain were justified. The British habit of forcefully imposing taxes upon the colonists without their permission was unfair and contributed to the justification of the colonists’ actions. For example, the Stamp Act was levied upon a multitude of paper products used in everyday life and was considered “a very burdensome and … unconstitutional tax” (Doc 10) by the colonists. This tax caused some of the first sparks of American resentment towards Britain…

whatsoever.” In 1767, George III passed the Townshend Acts to collect taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and, tea. Recognizing that tea was a favorite among the Americans, Parliament felt that taxing it would surely garner revenue for the British government. This once again ignored the colonists’ rights to be represented and colonists became to boycott and ultimately smuggle tea. By 1768, British troops were set up in the colonies, causing much tension between Britain and the…