Essay On The Causes Of The American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
The American Revolution was a war between Great Britain and the original thirteen colonies of America, in 1775. The conflict, was about how the colonies felt they weren’t being treated fairly by the Great Britain laws. There are different events that led up to the American Revolution, the three discussed in this paper will be the Boston Tea Party, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts. The Boston tea party was a protest against taxation. The Intolerable Act was when the British passed a law that was meant to punish the colonist who took part in the Boston Tea Party. The Stamp Act was when the British imposed taxes on all paper documents in the colonies. The Boston Tea Party was caused by colonist protesting against the British taxation. Places like Charleston, New York and Philadelphia refused to take tea shipments. Boston didn’t do the same, and on December 16th 1773, three ships docked in the Boston Port. This caused a group of colonist to dress up like Indians and throw all the tea on the ships over board. The colonist threw over 342 boxes of tea into the sea. The outcome of this lead to the Coercive Act, a response from the British Parliament. This lead to more tension between the colonist and the British.
The Intolerable Act, also called the Coercive Act, was a …show more content…
The colonies rebelling against the British, led to different events that led up to the American Revolution. The Boston tea party was one event that led to the people overthrowing tea into the sea to protest against British taxation. The Intolerable Act was the British way of punishing the colonies after the Boston Tea Party. The Stamp Act was the taxation of paper documents. All these events contributed to the build of tension between the colonies and the British, which lead to the American
The American Revolution was a war between Great Britain and the original thirteen colonies of America, in 1775. The conflict, was about how the colonies felt they weren’t being treated fairly by the Great Britain laws. There are different events that led up to the American Revolution, the three discussed in this paper will be the Boston Tea Party, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts. The Boston tea party was a protest against taxation. The Intolerable Act was when the British passed a law that was meant to punish the colonist who took part in the Boston Tea Party. The Stamp Act was when the British imposed taxes on all paper documents in the colonies. The Boston Tea Party was caused by colonist protesting against the British taxation. Places like Charleston, New York and Philadelphia refused to take tea shipments. Boston didn’t do the same, and on December 16th 1773, three ships docked in the Boston Port. This caused a group of colonist to dress up like Indians and throw all the tea on the ships over board. The colonist threw over 342 boxes of tea into the sea. The outcome of this lead to the Coercive Act, a response from the British Parliament. This lead to more tension between the colonist and the British.
The Intolerable Act, also called the Coercive Act, was a …show more content…
The colonies rebelling against the British, led to different events that led up to the American Revolution. The Boston tea party was one event that led to the people overthrowing tea into the sea to protest against British taxation. The Intolerable Act was the British way of punishing the colonies after the Boston Tea Party. The Stamp Act was the taxation of paper documents. All these events contributed to the build of tension between the colonies and the British, which lead to the American