Mohawk warriors and boarded the three British vessels which remained in the harbor. The Sons of Liberty, along with many other protestors, disguised themselves as When the loyalist governor of Boston, Thomas Hutchinson, refused to let a number ofīritish ship leave without forcing the colonists to pay the duty, things quickly got out of The colonies refused to accept this policy, and instead, the Sons of Liberty The Tea Act wasĪn attempt to to convince the colonists to buy British tea and recognize Britain's right of Townshend taxes, the colonists had been smuggling tea into America. The Tea Act, in particular, wasn't a new tax, but merely a method of financiallyīolstering the struggling British East India Company. Parliament's insistence on the right to tax the colonies in the end became too It was, essentially, the straw that broke the camel's back,Īnd was the final unifying factors that brought the colonies together with thoughts of The Tea Act was one of the final coercive measures passed by Parliament in the yearsīefore the Revolutionary War. Already strained tensions grew even more taut as war became Paul Revere, effectively propagandized the event, spreading reports about British abuses The five men who died, six more were wounded in the struggle.ĭespite it being a relatively localized and small incident, the Sons of Liberty, especially Two more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident. In response, they fired into the crowd instantly killing three people and wounding "The Boston Massacre," lithograph, Author unknown. The event known as the King Street Incident in Great Britain, or as it is better known, These measures met immediate resistance in the colonies, and the unrest would lead to Of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice AdmiraltyĬourt Act, and the New York Restraining Act. "Champagne Charlie," who proposed the program. Parliament passed a series of acts called the Townshend Acts in 1767, named afterĬharles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and known to his friends as Theīritish also demanded that the colonies pay the stamp tax in validīritish currency, not in colonial paper money. Many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. Materials included legal documents, magazines, newspapers and It required that many printed materials in the coloniesīe produced on stamped paper, created in London, and carry anĮmbossed revenue stamp costing one penny. Stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Upon the American colonists, instated to help pay for troops The Stamp Act of 1765 was one of the first initial measures forced OVERVIEW READ THE DECLARATION Drafting the Declaration ABOUT THE SIGNERS Women Behind the Signers FASCINATING FACTS DATES TO REMEMBER Sons of Liberty The Case for Revolution The Five Riders Two Great Thinkers Famous Loyalists The Shot Heard Round the World THE FOURTH OF JULY Treaty of Paris True Copy of Declaration DECLARATION QUIZ True Copy of Declaration of Independence.
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