FREE ESSAY ON COLONIAL ACTS

COLONIAL ACTS

1773 The Tea Act. This law was passed after the Townshend Act was repealed. It started
when the British heard about the colonies corresponding with one another. The Parliament
decided to open a new law, the Tea Act. The Tea Act gave all the American trade to the
East India Company. This angered the colonist because it put shippers and merchants out
of business. Even thought now, the tea would be cheaper, they still taxes the colonists.
The colonists soon retaliated by one night some colonists organized themselves. They went
aboard the ships in Boston dressed like Indians and destroyed all the chests of tea on
the ship. This helped lead to the revolutionary war because now the colonists were
fighting back. Also, the colonists were more angered when after the Boston Tea party the
British still didn't repeal the Tea Act.
1774 The Intolerable Acts. The King George III was furious when he heard about the Boston
Tea Party. So, he tried mastering the colonies by having the Parliament pass four harsh
laws. In fact, the laws were so intolerable that the colonists called them the
Intolerable Acts. The first law was that the British would close the port of Boston until
the colonists paid for the tea they destroyed. The second law was that the British
greatly restricted representative government in MA. Town meetings could only be held with
the governor's permission. Towns were also forbidden to appoint committees of
corespondents. The third law was the British were allowed to house their troops where
ever necessary. The fourth law was the British allowed British officials accused of
crimes to stand trial in Britain, rather than the colonies. King George III had General
Gage appointed governor to inverse the intolerable acts. This led to the Revolutionary
War because the laws were very unfair to the colonists and caused events to happen like
the first continental congress, which led up to the Revolutionary War. 
1772 Committee of Correspondence was formed. Even though the British weren't being harsh
on the colonists Samuel Adams reminded the colonists of the cause of Liberty. So, they
organized a committee of correspondence to keep communications among leaders in
Massachusetts towns. This lead to the Revolutionary war because the war came right after
the committee of correspondence. 
1774 First continental congress. When the intolerable acts were passed. Samuel Adams
called upon all the colonies to have a meeting in Philadelphia. Delegates from each
colony accept Georgia, came to the meeting. They all agreed to ban trade with Britain
until the intolerable acts were repealed. Eventhough they broke British law by having the
meeting they still agreed to come back in 7 months if conditions were not better. This
led to the Revolutionary war because the parliament refused to repeal the intolerable
acts. Soon, a Malta formed being ready to fight at any moment necessary causing the start
of the war. 
1775 the shot heard around the world. When the British troops reached Lexington the
ordered the colonists to lay down their guns. They refused. Within minutes a shot rang
out known as the shot hear around the world and 8 colonists lay dead. Then the British
made their way to Concord burning the courthouse and some of the militias supplies. At
the old North Bridge in concord is where the minutemen forced the British back to Boston.
This was the first day of the Revolutionary war, April 19, 1775.