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What happened on December 16 1773 when a group of American colonists dumped 342 tea chests from British ships into the waters of Boston Harbor?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe colonists had received help from the British during the French and Indian Wars to keep those two groups from taking over the Northern parts of what is now the US. When the British taxed them to pay for the considerable expense, the colonists didn't want to pay the tax and started a tax rebellion which has been rewritten as a Revolution.
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What happened when the colonists boycotted goods that carried a British tax?
The British raised taxes.
When did British North American act happened?
The British and north American act happened in 1785
Who was in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The American colonists and the British
What nation did the American colonists fight?
they fought the british
Why did American colonists want independence for the British?
The British were taxing the colonists for tea and other necessities unfairly. They also would not let the colonists be represented in Britain.
What describes the attitude of the british toward American colonists?
Colonists were a people separate from Britain. For Apex.
To what were the American colonists denied admission?
Admission to the British parliament
These colonists were determined to fight the British for American independence?
redcoats
Why were American colonists upset with British rule?
Britain taxed them
Why did the British want to collect taxes from the American colonists?
Because
What would have happened if the colonists had not separated from the British?
America would not be free
Was British control of the American economy good for the colonies?
No. It was a good deal for British merchants and manufacturers but it had no advantage for the American colonists.
