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It was supposed to be a meeting about the British, or the enemy.
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From 1754-1763, The lands of New France and the British colonies had the frontier seperated from them. Also the British has taken away the Indian's lands and have sided with the french to get the indians their lands back. The result, was this very Revoulutionary War.
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Taxes were placed on sugar, tea, wine, and other important goods. Britain did this because they needed more money. The British wanted this money for a few reasons, to pay for the wars that have been going on in the past few years.
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Thanks to the British raising taxes, colonists have been losing money, sugar, or tea. The result of it was the colonists losing money and or homes in the colonies.
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It was supoosed to instruct a tax collector for the colonists. The tax collector collected tea, sugar, and money from colonists, leaving them with barely anything.
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The Boston Massacre was an accident and the colonists took it the wrong way and the war was started.
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Made it free for the British to send tea to the American colonies.
Passed by Parliament on may 10, 1773
Allow drawback of the duties of customs -
Made it free for the British to send tea to the American colonies.
Passed by Parliament on may 10, 1773
Allow drawback of the duties of customs -
December 16, 1773
The colonists didn’t want to pay taxes for tea
The colonists saw it as a sign of rebellion
Some patriot groups stopped accepting tea shipments -
Passed by the British in 1774
outbreak of the American revolution in 1775
British named them “coercive acts” -
In 1774 to 1789 we worked to get independence from Britain.
Then they got independence -
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This is the day we claimed freedom.