Patriots: The American Patriots

It was the Tea Act. This act stated that only the British East India Company could sell or transport tea. Members of parliament passed this act because many of them had stakes in the company. At the time the British India Company was going bankrupt. This act threatened all colonial businesses by creating a monopoly. In Boston, the colonists devised a plan to resist this act. Several colonists dressed as Indians to deceive the British. These colonists seized the imported tea and dumped it into the harbor. The colonists dubbed this “the tea party.” The British responded to these actions by creating four acts jointly called the Coercive Acts. These acts closed the Boston ports to all trade, increased power of Massachusetts governor, granted trials of royal officials in Massachusetts be tried elsewhere, and allowed the new governor rights to quarter his troops anywhere. These Coercive Acts only angered the colonists more. They have strengthened their non-importation of British goods. They have also begun the forming of local militia companies.

As generations grew up in America, nationalism within the colonies grew towards their new country. These settlers slowly lost their patriotic tie to Great Britain and it’s ruler, King George III. So when the French and Indian War ended in America, and the indebted England needed some compensation from American settlers in the form of taxes, the colonists questioned the authority of England and their ability to rule them. British imperial policies such as the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Townshend Tea Tax caused uproar within the colonies against British rule without

The years of 1763-1765 were truly defining moments for colonist of the colonies, soon to become the United States of America. ‘’War! War! This is the only way!” American Colonist shouted,as they took to the streets proclaiming defiance of British rule. “We as a people shall fight for our freedom and have victory.No more shall we continue to let others control our countries and give our money to a monarch who has no concern for our right’s, dedication that was put forth to help fight and respect us as loyal subjects.We must fight for our freedom!” When American colonist waged war it proved to be the only way for the colonies to become free from Britian. In turn, the colonist were justified in breaking away from England because of: The

On April 19, 1775, the British monarchy's despotism and tyranny finally reached a breaking point as war broke out within the American colonies. The colonists' differing opinions on British rule threw them into discord and caused them to separate into two opposite and clashing sides: the Patriots, who believed that America should be independent and autonomous from Britain, and the Loyalists, who, hence the name, remained loyal to the British crown amongst arising dissent and believed that it had the right to authority over the colonies. Both of these factions were determined to claim victory in the war that would become known as the American Revolution, but the Patriots ultimately prevailed. History makes it obvious why they did- and also

In 1773, Parliament aroused the Americans by passage of the Tea Act. This act, designed to help the East India Company by making it cheaper for them to sell tea in America, was interpreted by Americans as a subtle ploy to get them to consume taxed tea. In Boston, in December 1773, a group of men dumped the tea into the harbor.

One of the largest points that the author makes is the significance of tea to the people in the colonies. While there were many who thought that tea was evil and caused health issues, the overwhelming majority of colonist were obsessed. Tea was something new and seen as a luxury item. It took a six-month voyage for the EIC to bring to the precious leaves to Boston. Once there, it was auctioned to those who could afford it. While the bourgeoisie sipped their tea and

The British also felt that they could not afford to lose the vast amount of territory they had won for America during the war. So the British Government permanently stationed regular troops in the colonies to protect their interests. This resulted in the Quartering Act of 1765. This stipulated that British regular troops were to be lodged in public houses, inns, even empty homes if the barracks were overcrowded or unavailable. Furthermore, this lodging was to be at the expense of the local colonist authorities. The colonists did not see the need for the standing army as the war was already won. The reaction of the Reverend John Tucker of Boston

2. The principal major American resistance to British arrangement came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, an assessment measure intended to raise incomes for a standing British armed force in America. Under the standard of "no tax imposition without any political benefit," settlers met the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765 to vocalize their restriction to the expense. With its establishment in November, most pioneers required a blacklist of British products, and some sorted out assaults on customhouses and homes of assessment gatherers. Following quite a while of dissent in the provinces, Parliament at long last voted to nullify the Stamp Act in March 1766. Most homesteaders proceeded to discreetly acknowledge British standard until Parliament's order of the Tea Act in 1773, a bill intended to spare the floundering British East India Company by extraordinarily bringing down its tea assessment and allowing it a restraining infrastructure on the American tea exchange.

The imposition of taxes on the American Colonies by the British Government in the 1760s set in motion a series of action and reaction that led to a break between the components of the British Empire. Americans responded with much anger and public resistance to the Stamp Act in 1763. Much of this resistance was expressed in the colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia. In Massachusetts, the mobs not only threatened violence, but damaged and at times destroyed the property of officials who were involved in the Stamp Act’s implementation. Virginia on the other hand took legislative action denouncing the imposition of taxes on the Colonies by Parliament. It was Virginia’s example that was followed nine of her sister colonies when their legislatures made similar resolutions. These actions also lled to the formation of the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765 (Middlekauff, 2005). This Stamp Act Congress sent an appeal to Parliament and the King requesting the repeal of the Stamp Act with the justification that the costs associated with the act would prevent the colonies from purchasing British goods (Brown & Carp, 2014).

Great Britain neglected America in trade because British exports much more in the colonies than its imports. Trade with America was small compared to the total trade of Britain, which is outlined in the Trade between Great Britain and North American, 1763-1775 (Doc. B). In the colonists’ eyes the taxation implemented by Parliament was outrageous. Following the Seven Years’ War, England issued a series of taxation acts on the colonies to pay for the debt caused by the war. This included the Stamp Act in 1765, the Townshend Act of 1767, and the Tea Act in 1773. Especially since the Stamp Act was physically seen, it created boycotts in the colonies of British goods. Following the Stamp Act in 1766, the Examination of Benjamin Franklin before the house of Commons suggested that “if the people do not like it at that price, they have the right to refuse it; they are not obligated to pay it” (Doc. C). When the Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament replaced it in 1767 with the Townshend Act, which was an import tax on lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. Additionally, this act was repealed as well due to the non-importation agreements among the colonies, which leaves the Tea Act. This act in 1773 led to the Boston Tea Party, which in turn resulted in the Intolerable Acts being issued, which restricted the colonial rights of trade. Part of the series in these acts punishing the inhabitants of

There are a lot of events that led up to the American Revolution, one of them was the Tea Act. As a way to earn money, the British decided to tax the colonists’ tea. (Document 3) In response to this outrageous situation, the colonists dressed up as Indians, snuck onto their ships, and dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. (Document 4) This act

In the same year, another important policy Stamp Act was promulgated. “Law passed by parliament in 1765 to raise revenue in America by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publication, and playing cards”(Goldfield, P124). Pleasant hours fly past; this law aroused public discontent. Colonists fought against this policy. For example, a group of people planned to intimidate Andrew Oliver to make him quit office in August 1765. (Goldfield, P125). And they also required British government to repeal Stamp Act. Finally, in 1776, parliament ended the Stamp Act, but it approved the Declaratory Act at the same day (Goldfield, p126). This was a statement saying the colonies should serve Britain, and that Britain government could promulgate any law (Goldfield, p126).Although, British repeal Stamp Act, they didn’t stop demanding taxes. In 1767, Parliament promulgated some new taxes policies called the Townshend Duty Act, which stipulated that British

“...the officers and soldiers so quartered and billeted as aforesaid (except such as shall be quartered in the barracks, and hired uninhabited houses, or other buildings as aforesaid) shall be received and furnished with diet, and small beer, cyder, or rum mixed with water, by the owners…”(Pickering, 1765). If there were no private homes, that sold either wine or alcohol, that the soldiers could stay in then the colonies were required to make uninhabited houses, barns, outhouses, or any other kinds of buildings suitable and fit the needs and necessities of the

In the late sixteenth- century Europe adopted a caffeinated warm drink for the first time this included chocolate, tea and coffee. Tea fills the senses with a bittersweet scent. This herb came from china by ship. Unlike cider and beer tea was new to the English-speaking world (49). Starting in the eighteenth- century Europe trading companies began to market green and black tea (51). Before this time period tea was very rare in the west region of British north America. Only the wealthy could originally afford tea and sugar. Tea was also used as a source of herbal medicine rather than traditional methods. This herb was also expensive because it shipped across great distances and allowed the East India Company to charge higher prices and labor added an extra charge. This resulted in tea becoming a luxury item in the colonies (53). The Townshend’s act in 1767 put a tax on tea which Americans responded that parliament could not tax without their consent. This frustrated the colonist because it put their love for tea at risk, so they responded to parliament by aiming at British merchants and manufactures

When the Boston Tea Party occurred on the evening of December 16,1773, it was the culmination of many years of bad feeling between the British government and her American colonies. The controversy between the two always seemed to hinge on the taxes, which Great Britain required for the upkeep of the American colonies. Starting in 1765, the Stamp Act was intended by Parliament to provide the funds necessary to keep peace between the American settlers and the Native American population. The Stamp Act was loathed by the American colonists and later repealed by parliament.