James Otis Argumentative Essay

The Intolerable Acts, otherwise known as the “Coercive” Acts, caused the most unrest among the colonies and led to the American Revolution during the 1700’s. In 1733, Parliament passed the Tea Act. This made it so that colonists could only buy tea from the British East Indies Company. Even though the Tea Act lowered the price of tea, the colonists thought of it as another restriction of their freedom. A group of opposers, dressed as American Indians, threw three-hundred forty chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British were enraged and passed the Intolerable Acts. This gave the British all control over Massachusetts and forced colonists to pay back the money for the tea they ruined. Although the Coercive Acts only applied to Massachusetts,

Document F successfully enhances on this topic. The document discusses how Britain informed the colonies that the taxes were not efficient enough to pay for the necessary expenses and that there would soon be a small change. Britain was very swindling on finding ways to take money from the colonies. After the French and Indian War, Mercantilism became a large aspect in the policies of the colonies. Britain enforced that the colonies were not to import any non-British goods nor export any goods to any other country then Britain. Britain needed another means to collect money and they turned to a new idea- directly taxing the colonies. The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by Britain to tax the colonies on all printed materials such as pamphlets and newspapers. This put the colonies through a great anguish. In Document H the illustration displays the dislike of the new act. Colonists felt that this act somewhat “buried them in their graves”. This tax was too expensive to the colonist’s wallets and many began to lose faith in a better tomorrow.

Parliament responded to the actions of the Sons of Liberty by passing the Coercive Acts, which were commonly referred to as the Intolerable Acts by the colonists. The British passed many laws and took very heavy control of Boston. They closed the Boston Harbor until the colonists could pay for the tea they had destroyed, they banned town meetings for the those who spoke against the crown, and perhaps the most “intolerable” new law was the passing of a new Quartering Act (Document 5). At this point the colonists had stopped talking about whether or not the British reign was fair or not. The British had almost taken over the colonies and anger of the patriots was at an all time high. Sooner or later something had to

So that’s when it lead to the Townsend Act: 1767.Paragraph #8 The Townsend Act: 1767 This Act is an act that the Parliament also did. This act put taxes on many things. Like glass, lead, and paint. Though this act is strictly just for the colonies, too. Although,” the colonist will boycott these terms.” Then the Parliament also removed this act. They removed it mostly because of the Bostan Massacre situation. Which leads us to the next situation, the Boston Massacre: 1770.Paragraph #9 The Boston Massacre: 1770 This situation is when some colonist in Boston were being rude to some British soldiers. Though that didn’t end well, because the British soldier accidentally started firing. Which killed five colonist men. Which made the colonist mad, so they had to go to trial. Though nobody want to defend the British. So, they ended up asking John Adams to and eventually he agreed to. So, after some long they jury ended up saying the British were not guilty. Then they ended up leaving, but they were thankful so much for John Adams. Though the colonist were mad they got away with the massacre. So that is what led to the Boston Tea Party.Paragraph #10 The Boston Tea Party: 1773 Since the tea act is passed. British tea is less expensive than the colonies tea. Then the colonies are forced to buy tea from the British tea. So when a ship came with lots of tea. Colonist started to

In Utah, an eighteen-year-old boy, James Edwards, in foster care wants to get the right of owning an arm. Utah Division of Child and Family Services didn't give him permission to get a firearm, but the boy's attorney was defending his rights by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The judicial process didn't permit the Edwards to bear the firearm for the purposes of safety of the other people that are

Before the colonists had begun to become angry with the King, they allowed him to regulate their trade and impose a few taxes. Once the Stamp Act had been passed though, they became infuriated with the way the King was treating them. The taxes had been put on too many items for a high price and that did not settle well with the colonists. Then to add on to this injustice the Parliament passed the Townshend acts which they believed were only placed to collect money from the colonists. “To impose duties on these colonies, not for the regulation of trade… but for the single purpose of levying money upon us.” (Doc 2) This is unfair because the colonists had no say in these acts that were being placed on them. Without a voice they needed actions to show the King that he could not treat them this way. (Doc 2)

While the British leaders tried to increase control over their empire, laws concerning imperial trade were on the books for many generations. American colonists had been known to evade any such regulation and even traded with the French. Britain was unfair in many trade policies and began to reform the imperial system. They enforced higher taxes and costs for their own defence from the American colonists. They created additional revenue by realizing stricter control in navigation and trade. The Sugar Act of 1764 passed by the parliament attempted to increase the revenue of the colonies by incurring a tax on molasses. While this tax was in the books since 1730, smuggling and laxity in enforcement couldn’t let the law win. As the tax was supposed to be enforced, it created a big outcry among those who were affected and therefore the American colonists created a large scale boycott of many British goods for the same reason. The parliament enacted stiff measures that were known as the Stamp Act and it increased tax on

The question was asked if I agree with the dismissal of charges? Why or why not? I understand that ever state may have different laws that they abide by. Reading over the excerpt given; I agree with the dismissal due to the fact the attorney presented facts to overturn the charges against Javonte Ellis.

After the Boston Tea Party, there was several more somewhat about 10 others in New York City and Philadelphia and Charleston. King George III was furious,he thought it was time to teach them a lesson. March 28 1774 parliament passed the Coercive Acts. The colonist knew this as the (Intolerable Act). Forced on the colonist of boston were a set five laws. This was a message or at least a wake up call for them to stop messing around. An aim of legislation was to restore an order in massachusetts and punish bostonians for their Tea Party. Some of the responses were the The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts government Act, and the Quartering Act.

The British government decided that they had enough of the American colonist and that it was time to restrict their acts. The Coercive Acts was then passed to punish the American citizen and make them pay for the lost tea. These acts didn’t have an impact in just Boston, but all of Massachusetts and the rest of the colonies. As a Result of the Coercive Acts, the First Continental Congress occurs to discuss the ways to reverse the British government.

First, the British shut down the harbor until the the East India Company was paid back for the tea that was dumped dumped. Second, it led to the British implementing the 1774 Intolerable Acts. The colonists had enough after all this, and these new Acts caused protests and resistance groups to form. The British were affected by the boston tea party because the more they tried to punish and control the colonists the more resistance the colonists gave the British. Thatis was eventually led to the American Revolution, the colonists have enough of the British rule. My opinion for this is if the colonists didn’t rise up against the British we could of been

Starting in around 1765 members of american colonial society did not like or approve and rejected the authority of the british parliament to tax them in certain things and to create other laws affecting them without colonial represenantives in the government. During the following decade protests continued to escalate greeatly by colonists or also known as patriots as in the boston tea party in 1773 uring which partriots a ship full of taxed tea from the parliament. The british response for this was to make and enforce very strict laws in massachusetts in 1774 known as the coercive acts, following which patriots in the other colonies rallied behind

As American’s of today, we often take for granted the kinds of freedoms that were earned hundreds of years ago. Sacrifices had to be made in order to gain the amount of freedom we so greatly deserved; sacrifices that were at one point a great risk to many free colonists. As the Parliament wanted to gain more control and money, it took a toll on the colonists in America and led to conflict of interests. The Stamp act was a way for the British to collect money for their expenses and debts. After the rise of tension came the startling Boston Massacre, where 5 colonists were killed by British men on the streets of Boston. At this point tensions are high between the British Parliament and the colonists, and in 1773 when the British decided to add taxes onto the Tea coming in from India, the colonists (some disguised as Indians) had other plans for that taxed tea. They dumped all of the tea into the Boston Harbor, later being named as the Boston Tea Party. As punishment, the British passed the Intolerable Acts, which basically shut down the colonist’s self-government. All of these Acts and incidents were four of the many seeds that led up to the Revolutionary War.

Literacy: Otis is able to convey his ideas around a topic effectively through his writing. He writes in complete sentences with appropriate spaces, includes punctuation and the spelling makes sense. Otis spells high frequency words and some word wall words correctly and utilizes in his writing. He is currently setting and working towards learning goals. His next steps are to use uppercase letters at the start of sentences and lower case letters inside the sentence consistently. Otis is also encouraged to continue to show emphasis in his writing by writing in big or bold letters. For example, in his writing journal he wrote “I feel sad when someone calls me BOSSY.”. Otis has excellent comprehension and continues to work on his fluency by reading

After all the “tea parties” Britain finally had enough with the behavior of the colonists. Parliament created the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts, which were five laws that put the colonists back on a tight leash. They were the Boston Port Act, which closed the Boston port until the tea as cleaned out, the Massachusetts Government Act, that put restrictions on the government in that state, the Administration of Justice Act, it made British officials able to not be punished in