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The Boston Massacre
The massacre started after the British sent 2,000 troops to the colonies to enforce the Townshend and Stamp acts, many skirmishes and riots broke out, but none like on March 5. On March 5, Private white was guarding the Kings money when protestors started threatening him, things escalated and a troop was sent out to the streets. When the troops got there things were continue to escalate and shots were fire, five people were pronounced dead and six wounded. The British were seen as the bad guys. -
The Battle of Alamance
This was the final battle of the War of Regulation. The regulators fought because of Unfair taxation, dishonest and corrupt government officials, and the lack of representation. They wanted better regulations of government officials and more control of their own affairs. The war was fought in North Carolina and it only lasted 2 hours, with the royal governor and his men winning because of the regulators being ill-prepared. -
The Gaspee Affair
In 1772, the Sons of Liberty were very active and they were getting upset with Lieutenant Duddington because he targeted, mainly, the Sons of Liberty and took their goods without charge and did not let them sail back. On June ninth, they baited him into shallow water and fifty-five men that had been planning the attack, raided looted, and burned his ship, the Gaspee. The attackers did not try to hide their identities, they still were let free because the local courts did not like the Royal Navy. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the first real incident of the Colonists fighting back, they had dumped 432 chests of tea imported by the British East India Company. The Boston Tea Party was caused because the American Colonists were not being represented in Parliament, but were still taxed, and because of the recent Boston Massacre. Many members were the Sons of Liberty. -
The Coercive Acts
The British enacted the Coercive Acts to regain control over the colonies after the Boston Tea Party. The British closed the Boston Harbor until restitution was paid for the destroyed tea, replaced the colony’s elected council with one appointed by the British, gave sweeping powers to the British military governor General Thomas Gage, and they did not allow town meetings without approval. Because of these acts, the colonists and British grew further apart, the colonists considered them cruel.