Colonial Acts
1773 The Tea Act. This law was passed after the Townshend Act was repealed. It started when the British heard about the colonies corresponding with one another. The Parliament decided to open a new law, the Tea Act. The Tea Act gave all the American trade to the East India Company. This angered the colonist because it put shippers and merchants out of business. Even thought now, the tea would be cheaper, they still taxes the colonists. The colonists soon retaliated by one night some colonists organized themselves. They went aboard the ships in Boston dressed like Indians and destroyed all the chests of tea on the ship. This helped lead to the revolutionary war because now the colonists were fighting back. Also, the colonists were more angered when after the Boston Tea party the British still didn't repeal the Tea Act. 1774 The Intolerable Acts. The King
Within minutes a shot rang out known as the shot hear around the world and 8 colonists lay dead. This was the first day of the Revolutionary war, April 19, 1775. Delegates from each colony accept Georgia, came to the meeting. 1775 the shot heard around the world. So, he tried mastering the colonies by having the Parliament pass four harsh laws. Even though the British weren't being harsh on the colonists Samuel Adams reminded the colonists of the cause of Liberty. In fact, the laws were so intolerable that the colonists called them the Intolerable Acts. Samuel Adams called upon all the colonies to have a meeting in Philadelphia. Then the British made their way to Concord burning the courthouse and some of the militias supplies. 1774 First continental congress. This led to the Revolutionary war because the parliament refused to repeal the intolerable acts. King George III had General Gage appointed governor to inverse the intolerable acts. They all agreed to ban trade with Britain until the intolerable acts were repealed. Soon, a Malta formed being ready to fight at any moment necessary causing the start of the war.
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