1774 in the Thirteen Colonies

ships that were being brought in at Boston Harbor. Due to this, the British then close down the ports, bringing even harsher penalties on the colonies. This famous act of American colonial resistance was to protest taxation without representation that the British were enforcing. British Parliament imported goods with the passage of the Tea Act, many of the colonies denied tea shipments, but the merchants in Boston refused to acknowledge this Patriot revelry. On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty and

thousands of soldiers fighting for their beliefs. Just what were these soldiers fighting for? The Revolutionary War of 1775 had many catalysts. The British government abusing its powers and creating acts and laws disliked by the citizens of the thirteen colonies was one of the main causes for the revolt. “No taxation without representation”, became one the the colonists forefront cries charging the revolt (‘Causes of the American Revolution’). Other contributing factors that led to The Revolutionary

the Greatest Nations that still stands today. But each war led to another which could be directly link to the previous war. The French and Indian Wars were a series of conflicts between Spanish, Dutch, Britain, the thirteen colonies and Native American allies against France, its colonies in Canada, and its Native American allies. The wars took place from 1689-1763. The United States was not involved in the war until 1754-1763. The major cause of these conflicts was the need for other countries to

November of 1773 an event happened that changed the colonist’s lives forever. During this time the Tea Act was taking place. This helped the British East Tea company by enabling them to send tea straight to the colonies, whereas they usually had to send the tea to England, then on to the colonies. The Parliament thought the colonist would like this change, but because they had to pay the duty, or import tax, which did not sit well with them, they were not so gracious with this decision. They started

The start of the American Revolution can be dated back to the year 1765; 1765 marks the start of the thirteen colonies rejection of British Parliament's ability to tax and make laws without their representation in government. In the following years, to about 1775, no fighting was really done but events such as the Boston Tea Party in 1773 escalated tensions between colonists and the British. In 1774 Patriots established their own alternate government to better resist the British King George III and

against Great Britain of Thirteen American Colonies which joined together as the United States of America in July 1776. Originally constrained to fighting in those colonies, after 1778 it additionally became a world war between Britain and France, Netherlands, Spain, and Mysore. The war had its inchoations in the resistance of many Americans to taxes imposed by the British parliament, which they held to be unlawful. Formal acts of revolt against British ascendancy commenced in 1774 when the Patriot Suffolk

The first concern was the lack of a military in New France, which is crucial to new colonies because other colonies tried to overthrow the new one before it built the strength to fight back. He also recognized that New France’s population was too low and he knew he had to increase his population to further expand New France. He thought of a plan to

Party, and the Battle at Bunker Hill, which led to the Revolutionary War. The Sugar Act was passed in 1764, right before the Revolutionary War began. This act was the first law ever passed by that body of congress for raising tax revenues in the colonies.

representation in the English Parliament, the colonists organized the First Continental Congress. In September of 1774, twelve of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss the fact that the Intolerable Acts were unconstitutional. The colonists defended that they had the same civil rights as the English and that they would boycott all English goods. Tensions continued to mount between the colonies and Britain, and as a result, the Congress vowed to meet again in May of the following year in the event

American Revolution, the United States would not exist. Before the American Revolution, the nation was a collection of 13 British colonies that were united by the British monarchy. During this time it was ruled by British Parliament which was 3500 miles away and a journey by ship that was 27 days long in the ideal situation but could be up to 6-8 weeks. All of the colonies with the exception of Georgia were formed by people trying to escape some form of persecution. One of the main contributive factors