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This was to prevent war against colonists. Britain has closed off the west of the Appalachian Mountains for colonists. Colonists ignored this law. Britain also wanted colonists to help pay for the Empire.
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Taxes that were set for colonists that if they sent or bought sugar or molasses any were but Britain they would haft to pay.
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People were taxed when buying playing cards, documents, newspapers, dice, and calendars. All of these things had little stamps on them, knowing that it would be taxed.
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Glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea were all taxed. Tax collectors were able to look for smuggled goods at any time. Colonists acted against this by boycotting and rioting. 1000 red coats patrolled protests.
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Rioting crowds attacked British troops. After a while no one knows who but someone ordered fire and the British open fired. British soldiers don’t get in trouble. From then on there were no more taxes except on tea. Colonists were angry about the Townsend Act!
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Protests were organized that lead to the Boston Tea Party. Sons of Liberty members threw three-hundred and forty-two barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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British East India Company was given by Britain to Americans. BEIC were in financial trouble.
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Was ment to punish Boston Tea Party. Boston closed the Boston Harbor. Meatings in town were all baned.
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Wepons and supplies would be stored here by colonists. British soldiers tried as hard as they could to get those guns and supplies. There were 70 minutemen and 700 British soldiers. The minutemen were greatly out numbered.
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People met in Philadelphia to talk about what had happend in Lexington and Concord. They tried to send people out to agree on peace and have the fighting stop. They also declated independence.
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A pamphlet was written by wanting independence for Britian. Thomas Payn wrote Common Sense. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. This was written after the decline of peace that was offerd. The Second Continental Congress sighned they Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Although those who had sighned this document were committing treason!
