The first Continental Congress
Not paying there taxes
The first Continental Congress
Many delegates felt that a final resolution of the Stamp Act would actually bring Britain and the colonies closer together but it didn't. The total number of colonies was 12 of the 13.
Many delegates felt that a final resolution of the Stamp Act would actually bring Britain and the colonies closer together but it didn't. The total number of colonies was 12 of the 13.
On December 16,1773,members of the Sons of Liberty went onto three ships filled with tea. They dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. This event is called the Boston Tea Party.
what American revolution travelled to Europe to try to bring peace between Britain and the American colonies
Depends on which colony your talking about. For the US colonies it was Virginia. Other colonies by other countries first was Spain then Portugal then Britain.
American colonists did not want to pay the tea tax that Britain had recently established in the colonies. To show their discontent, the people of Boston dumped tea into the harbor to show that they were not going to pay for it.
The Boston Massacre and the Tea Act were key events that sharpened the division between Britain and the colonist in the late 1760s and early 1770s. King George's efforts to bring the colonies to heel, would lead them straight to revolution.
Britain fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War because The original 13 colonies belonged to Great Britain. In order for the colonies to became free they had to fight Britain to gain their own freedom and become their own country.
When it became clear to Great Britain that their American colonies were serious about becoming independent, the first reaction was to bring more troops to the Colonies to put down the rebellion. Few nations, including the British, gave the colonies much of a chance from being successful.
we took all of their am-no so they had barely anything to kill are men with also not a single shot was fired By Benjamin Orrin Mathews
Intended to subdue or bring the colonies into line, these acts failed. The colonials became more resolved to obtain justice and began flirting with the idea of Independence. And it was punishment for the Boston Tea Party.