Boston Port Act

September 27, 1722 in Boston Massachusetts. He was an accomplished man having been the governor of Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard Law, an influential official of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and much more. However, perhaps his biggest accomplishment was his heavy involvement in the move to gain independence of Britain. From organizing the Boston Tea Peaty to assembling the Sons of Liberty, he was a key figure in the American Revolution. In April 1764, the Sugar Act was passed by the

of Britain’s government and faced consequences if they rebelled. The passing of these three acts limited the colonist’s privileges and resulted in them yearning for freedom. The Tea Act, Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts were the most important in leading the colonists to writing the Declaration of Independence. The ratification of the Stamp Act, Tea Act, and Intolerable Act occurred within 1765-1774. Each act forced colonists to pay a tax or limit their rights, whether to create revenue for the British

declare their independence. Increased British control led to revolution by the acts Great Britain forced upon colonists, colonists lack of representation, and Great Britain’s reaction to protests held by the colonists. Great Britain’s increased control led to the Revolution by the acts they forced upon colonists. Due to the French and Indian War, Britain had massive debt to pay off. To help pay these debts, they enabled acts on the colonies which taxed very common and everyday goods, such as tea. (Document

independence was that the king imposed unjust taxes and unjust trade laws on the colonists.The French and Indian war had just ended and the Treaty of Paris had just been created. The king created many taxes or acts such as the Sugar Acts, the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Navigation Acts as a result of the French and Indian War. The colonists were very mad because this was taxation without representation, which means that the colonists weren’t able to choose representatives that could go to parliament

The Boston Tea Party was a very hectic occasion in United States History. “The American Revolution created heroes- and traitors- who shaped the birth of a new nation: the United States of America. “Taxation without representation” was a serious problem for the American colonies in the late 1700s. Great Britain imposed harsh taxes and did not give the colonists a voice in their own government. The colonists rebelled and declared their independence from Britain- the war was on.”(Somervill & Burgan

Some of these contentions were; The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, and The Declaration of Independence. These events were the cause of the establishing of a new free country called The United States of America. The first troops came to Boston in October 1868 from that point on the colonists (which were Americans) were not happy with them because of the corrupted mischief that took place within the towns and the enforcing of the Kings new Townshend act, which was the taxation on commodities

The coercive acts came to be when the British got upset/mad from the event of the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was an event when the Sons of liberty destroyed tons of British tea by dumping it into the river. The British then established a series of four acts to try to restore order. First the Boston Port Act, which was the port to be closed until the tea that was dumped into the river was paid for. Second Massachusetts Governing Act, to suppress town meeting and trials of royal officials

and asserting the colonists’ right to be taxed only by their elected representatives.” (p. 42). Due to this act the Stamp Act “unconstitutional” and in 1766, “Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.” Britain reaction after the Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party was not the smarts moves, for example, closed Boston Harbor; put Massachusetts under direct British control; passing the Quartering Act, which required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British

Tea is for those against Liberty The Boston Tea Party was ultimately an American act defying taxation. The British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773 inhibited the colonists from paying normal prices for not only tea, but also stamps and sugar. Both sides, the British and the colonists, were affected in paramount effect. The colonists didn’t feel that they deserved the unjust taxes placed upon them while the British had a major debt after the war that they attempted to diminish. The combination of these

Boston Tea Party On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Mohican Indians, boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard, in direct defiance of the British for imposing taxes on the colonials, which had no representation in Parliament. This act of defiance laid the ground work for much of the American Revolution as the colonists grew tired of British rule. It also hardened the feelings of the British against the Americans