Tea Act

The American Revolution Era, which ran from 1763-1789, was a radical, inspiring fight for freedom. Although the main two sides of the war were imperialist mother country Britain and the thirteen colonies she established in North America, several major world powers were involved as well. The Brit’s main ally was Germany, and the British force recruited “soldiers-for-hire,” called Hessians, who were paid to fight against the colonists and their allies. The colonies received passive aid from the…

stop illegal trading. This enforced the navigation acts imposing new types of taxes on the; Sugar act, stamp act, Townshend act and the tea act. After changes took place the American colonists became very angry, they once had it all and now there was no way to attempt to continue their lifestyle of passing their ideal laws and so on. A disturbance that seemed to now have no end, just a few years ago they were able to disobey the navigation acts. Their accustomed to practice what was ideal for…

strengthened the ties between the colonists and Great Britain. It was after the peak of their alliance which began the slow and steady breaking of the ties between Great Britain and the colonists. The American Revolution began as the result of several acts of tyranny by King George III and his parliament and slowly evolved into the Declaration of Independence and an all-out war with Great Britain. With the end of the French and Indian War began the dawn of a new era in the relationship between…

was the Navigation Acts which stated that the colonists could only trade with England, rather than any European nations they wished to. However, the original Navigation Acts were not upheld to their full ability, so “colonists found it relatively easy to trade on their own terms, whether that was with foreign nations, pirates, or smugglers.” After the Glorious Revolution, King Charles II increased his power over the North American colonies, and issued a new set of Navigation Acts, much to the…

ideals, progress was and can be made by disobedience and rebellion. Within the events that took place to start the American Revolution, the Boston Tea Party was one of the most prominent events to occur. The British Parliament passed the Tea Act of 1773. This act lowered the amount of tax on the East India Company and took much business away from all other tea trading businesses. Many…

During the War for Independence the colonists had to decide whether to be a Loyalist or a Patriot. To me choosing to be a Loyalist was the best thing they could have done for the war. Many of the Sons of Liberty and the Patriots didn’t know how to respect England. The American Colonists did some very disrespectful things to us Loyalists and they didn’t respect our views! Although numerous Americans think that England gave us taxation without representation, we should have just gone along with…

From 1737 to 1793, John Hancock made a great impact throughout his life. John's father died when he was only seven years old, so his uncle took him in. He went to college at Harvard and graduated at 17 years old. Although, John graduated from Boston Latin School (a college) before that. He was one of most wealthy men before the American Revolution. Along with being a Patriot for the American Revolution, John also was a merchant, smuggler, and statesman. Hancock mainly worked as a merchant…

The Boston Tea Party consisted of hundreds of men, disguised as American Indians in order to hide their identity and avoid punishment, dumping 92,000 pounds of tea into the ocean. In today’s money, it was worth more than 1,700,000 dollars. The shipment came from the East India Company; “the British East India Company was a privately owned British company which was established to create profitable trade with countries in the region of Asia” (Vringuard). The tea shipment was actually from…

maintain its power over them. The war lasted about eight years, from 1775 to 1783, and consisted of many contributing factors that would eventually lead in freedom for the colonies. Important aspects include, by what means the war commenced, certain acts, colonial retaliation, crucial battles, and the consequences. Previous to the war, the colonies had been accumulating hostility for about ten years towards Great Britain before deciding it was time to take matters into their own hands. The…

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…