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of printed matter. It was aimed to be easy to collect but only a little money was accumulated. And tea act in 1773, Governor Hutchinson thought tea would land and tax would be collected and in December 16, a band of colonists disguised as Indians dumped the tea overboard and this made the British furious. The Americans weren’t happy with the taxes and hence Boston tea party happened as they dumped tea boxes into the Boston harbor. The colonists started protesting and resisting the new taxes,…

Britain. A major action that the colonists took was the Boston Tea Party, this was when the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Indians and went on multiple ships to dump out all the tea to protest the taxes. The colonists also took the action of putting tar and chicken feathers on British tax collectors to show disapproval of taxation. The British put taxes on things such as stamps, glass,…

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…

lives. Protesting against the stamp and townshend duties. hancock commandeered public acts of protest. To avoid British taxation, Hancock had also allegedly taken to smuggling goods aboard his vessels. Boston became a volatile site once again with the Tea Act of 1773, with Hancock helping to organize protests. Benedict Arnold- born in Norwich, Connecticut, on January 14, 1741. He was a member of the sons of liberty. He was a general in the revolutionary war.In 1757, Arnold enlisted in the…

The road to the Revolutionary war was a tiring, uphill battle for the Colonists and the British. The relationship between Great Britain and the American Colonists were never a cordial, or a generous one. In the eyes of the Colonists, King George III was a tyrannic thief, who used the Colonies to syphon their money through taxes in order to increase his own wealth. Meanwhile, the British viewed the Colonists as rebellious, uncooperative residents of a failing society. Between 1763 and 1776…

The acts were a series of laws that imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue of 40,000 pounds sterling a year for the administration of the colonies, including paying the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great…

massacre and fueled the Bostonian, and American feelings towards the British. After the Boston Massacre, Britain repealed all of the Townshend Acts, except for the tax on tea. In addition to leaving the tax on tea, Pariliament passed the Tea Act of 1770. This act, in short, allowed the East India Company to sell their tea, without being taxed, to Americas. This was a despereate attempt by Britain to get money from the colonists. This tax was also designed to show the colonists that Britain…

American colonists and the policies of Great Britain, the colonists were justified in waging war against Great Britain. Firstly, one of the biggest complaints the colonists had was about being taxed unfairly. With such Acts as the Stamp Act and the Tea Act, the colonists became more and more upset with the taxation of everyday necessities. In document 2, an excerpt from Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania by John Dickinson, Dickinson explains his feelings about…

Colonial Period; The Best Period 1776 is known as the year we were granted freedom from Great Britain, but it is also known as the year congress renamed the nation. Traveling back to the colonial period and getting to experience the making of the United States of America would be a wonderful opportunity. Many things made the year 1776 so important. One important thing that happened was the signing and passing of the Declaration of Independence. If it wasn’t for that we could still be under…

There were many causes of the american revolution,but there was three that sparked the revolution. The boston tea party, the intolerable acts, and the battle of lexington and concord are the three main reason. The boston tea party made the king from England mad which led up to tensions between them. Then the intolerable acts is what caused fear after the boston massacre and that act was for americans to provide the british soldiers a room to stay even when they don't want them in the house. Then…