Road to the Revolution6thKorinne ParkerParagraph #1 Introduction All the sudden, war. There is so much conflict. So many deaths. So much rules. Though, why? There are so many people that just want everything their way. Since people are like that there were so many acts and events that happen, some still around and some still a big deal. Some thing that happen is: The Navigation Acts of 1660, French and Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763, The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, The Declaratory Act, The Townsend Act, The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, and The Intolerable Acts. I know you’re probably thinking, “ Oh, that’s a lot,” yes I know. Since people are like that today, all of those events happened. I bet …show more content…
Paragraph #2 The Navigation Act of 1660 The British Parliament passed some Navigation Acts that impacted on the colonist. So to say, the colonist weren’t allowed to trade certain items. Such as, cotton and sugar. England was the only country that the colonist could trade with. Then rule the had to go by was, that now they have to use english ships to transport things. Though the colonist started to protest, but they still had to do as said. Though after that it lead to the French and Indian War. That was during the 1754-1763. Paragraph #3 The French and Indian War: 1754-1763“ No prince has ever begun his reign by so glorious a war and so generous a peace,” - Thomas Gray. This war lasted seven years. That is why they named it “ The Seven Years’ War.”This war was happened, because the Indians didn’t agree or like that the French made one agreement without their input, or say. So since the Indians didn’t agree, they thought war would be the answer to their problem. This war was …show more content…
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 1767, the Townshend Acts were imposed (the tax on glass, paper and tea). One of the most significant events mentioned was the Tea Act. To explicate, the Tea Act granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. As a result of the outburst against the Tea Act, King George declared the Boston Port Act which closed the Boston Harbor and forced the colonies to pay for the tea lost. Finally, the colonies decided to go to war against Britain.
The Boston tea party was assembled by the Sons of Liberty on Thursday December 16th 1773 around 7:00 to 10:00 PM put on in front of a crowd of over 5,000 people this was an act of defiance of the Americas to Britain to the Tea Act of 1773, as well as taxation without representation or more well known as the Townshend Act of 1767. However it was just not these two factors which lead them to do this it was also the thought of Britain charging the colonists more for tea, ink, and many other things, in order to pay for the troops fighting in the French and Indian War. So at first Britain was making everyone pay over price on tea so the colonists started smuggling tea from Dutch and other European tea makers. These things violated
After the French and Indian War, Britain did numerous things to provoke the colonists to revolt against the tyrant king, King George III. The British taxed unfairly and enforced ridiculous laws on the colonists. the colonists rebelled due to anger and disgust toward Britain, and through pride and patriotism toward their future country, they fought for independence. King George III was a cruel and unfair man. He treated the colonists wrongly and ungraciously.
The Tea Act of 1773 was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on May 10, 1773. Under this Act, British East India Company could directly sell their tea in the American colonies compared to selling its tea only in auction in London. Further the duties charged on the tea shipped to American colonies would be waived. (https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act) The tea act was one of the crucial act and turning points in the history of American colonies that later led to the revolutionary war. It was series of many acts that sparked the revolutioanlry war. The Tea Act was different because because it showed that colonies valued principles more that money.
The American settlers were left at outlaws and out of sovereignty protection under King George III of England while still able to be charge for breaking British reforms and laws such as smuggling across the Trans-Atlantic trade routes after August 1775. These goods included tea, coffee and other raw goods that supplied England’s industry and production of goods causing a disruption in slave trade and income through transnational trade which vital to the upkeep of the colonies during times of financial difficulties such as the introduction of the Stamp Act of 1765 on all documentations and newspaper to finance Britain’s Seven Years' War between 1756 and 1763. Another significant event, The Boston Tea Party of 1773 due to the taxation under the Tea Act depicts the civil unrest of colonists against the British Parliament and to regain rights to trade without taxation. The need to sever ties with England not only signalled the transition from colonialists to become freed men but during the American Revolutionary War it allowed the equality of colonialists as equal men thus it is the liberal ideals and the post-colonial attitudes created by mistreatment of the government that highlight the outcome of this rebellious period.
After about 4 years the Townshend acts were passed. The Townshend acts were originated by Charles Townshend. They were meant to add even more taxes on all imported goods, which makes everything almost double the original price. Great Britain needed to pass this act because they still had so much of the debt to pay ofF. This was a huge financial burden for the colonists. There were many violent protests.This act eventually led to the Boston tea
They reacted to Sugar Act (1764), the Stamp Act (1765), the Townshend Duties (1767) and the Tea Act (1773). In 1765 the colonists rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them and the American Revolution began. The controversy over tax contributed to violence. The Boston Massacre or Incident on King Street as it is called by the British happened
The tea act was a tax on tea passed by the parliament to tax the colonists to pay off their debt from the french and indian war. The patriots were outraged by the tea act because they felt why should the British be able to tax us when we are all the way across the ocean. Ever since the tea act was passed in 1773 there have been hostilities had been near the breaking point. The colonists did not like that the British East India tea company was given an exclusive right to sell tea in America. Sam Adams organized the sons of liberty because he wanted to take down the unfair tax on tea. He and the sons of liberty dumped hundreds of pounds of tea into the harbor. This was one of the main events that lead up to the Revolutionary war.
Delegates from 12 American colonies gather at the Second Continental Congress to discuss America’s future. The year is 1775, 12 years after the end of the French and Indian War England fought to protect the colonies. This war gave Britain significant debt that the king felt the colonists owed them. The French and Indian War caused England to end their period of salutary neglect by imposing many new taxes on America, provoking the colonists to protest. These protests increased tensions and animosities until April 1775, when the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord. This divided the colonies into two sides: the Loyalists, those who remained loyal to Britain and its government; and the
war, it is a sign of radical action. Britains' army was four times as big
The American Revolution is typically looked at as a conservative movement, but it seems most of the actions taken were very radical. They were fighting to defend their rights, governed and natural. The American Revolution was as radical as any other revolution, in a special 18th century way, and this seems to hold true while looking at the new waves of thinking. It involves the Whigs and Tories, and while they are at opposite sides of the spectrum, they consecutively agreed to not address and higher-law principles so they would not have to rework their entire system.. The Revolution worked against this, and the parties chose to pretend it was not a serious movement and act, as they believed it would not take any effect. More people got involved and all aspects of life began to be questioned and revolutionized. The Revolution seems to be radical in a more definitive way as it caused segregation of beliefs, the Declaration of independence, and
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.
The Tea Act of 1773 was a tax on tea but, the British lowered the cost of tea significantly enough that even with the tax, British tea was cheaper than Dutch tea. Also to keep the price down, the British East India Co. got rid of the middleman in the colonies and opened up their own shops. If the colonists bought this tea, they would be accepting the fact that the British could tax without representation. On Dec. 16th 1773 the ships docked at the Boston ports. The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 324 chests of tea into the water. England responded to the Boston Tea Party by the Coercive Act of 1774.
The British government started taxing various things that were being shipped to America such as paper and glass. Most important to the cause of the Boston Port Act was that the British were taxing tea that was arriving in the Boston harbor. The colonists became very frustrated, and they decided to throw the next shipment of tea into the harbor. This became known as the Boston Tea Party, and it happened on December 16, 1773.
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.