• The Boston Tea Party occurred in 1773 at the Boston Harbor. A group of Massachusetts colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and boarded British …show more content…
These laws included: The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. These acts led to the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia on September 5.
• In the First Continental Congress, delegated representing 12 of the 13 colonies argued back and forth on whether they should withdraw from Britain for imposing on their Intolerable Acts. The Congress was in session for two months in 1774. “More ominously, they also endorsed the “Suffolk Reserves,” resolutions passed by Suffolk county in Massachusetts- certainly one of the causes of the American Revolution” (“Causes”). The Intolerable Acts affected Massachusetts the worst of all the colonies. After sending the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to King George, the Congress separated to await Britain’s reply.
• The Battles of Lexington and Concord were another reason for the American Revolution. After the colonists sent the Declaration to King George, he did not respond in favor of the colonists. The American colonists prepared for battle with the British Army. Paul Revere’s ride in April 1775 announced the approach of British soldiers in Lexington and Concord. Lexington came first, where there were only 77 minutemen facing many British soldiers. Eight were killed, and 10 wounded. Next came Concord, where there were 400 minutemen. Seeing this, the British hurried back to Lexington. There were nearly 300 British casualties, while America only had less than