Post 10 of the most important events in the decade assigned. Explain each briefly (descriptively and in context of other events, individuals and issues of that time).
Basically these years refer to the time before Americans start the revolution and is when alot of the war is started. The decade ends witht the French actually assisting the Americans and later to eventually defeat the British.
1770- Boston Massacre- 5 Americans are killed by British troops who were ordered to fire into an open crowd.
1772- The Committees of Correspondence are created by Samuel Adams and other Revolutionaries in Massachusetts.
1773- The Tea Act is passed in America by Britain to save the British East India Company from collapsing. This grants a monopoly in America but also places high price and tax on tea.
1773- Boston Tea Party- A raid of Americans dressed up as Native Americans raid a British trade ship and dump over all tea chests in Boston Harbor.
1774- The Intolerable Acts are passed by Parliament on the American colonies. The Quartering Act makes American colonies house and take care of British troops.
1774- The First Continental Congress meets for the first time in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1775- American Revolution commences, Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
1775- British invade Boston and Paul Revere along with two other men attempt to wake the country side of the arrival of the redcoats.
1775- Lexington and Concord- the first battles of the American Revolution.
1775- The Continental Army is formed and George Washington is put up as the leader of the army.
1776- Declaration of Independence is written. French ally themselves with the Americans.
1777- Washingtons army faces a brutal winter at Valley Forge.
This time period is interesting because it starts to show the rebellion of the US colonies against the British. Our little colonies are growing up! haha And finally when it turns into war I think that shows how far our country came, from being so dependable to becoming its own country. We rock! haha JUST playing =]
it was a protest by american colonist against Great Britian which helped spark the american revolution.....Han**** organized a boycott of tea from China sold by the BEIC british east india company..Samuel Adams whipped up the growing crowd by demanding a series of protest meetings soon after Great Britian placed the tea act allowing BEIC to directly trade with them.
****** the Sons of Liberty thinly disguised as Mohawk Indians, left the massive protest meeting and headed toward Griffin's Wharf, where lay HMS Dartmouth and her newly arrived, tea bearing, sister ships HMS Beaver and HMS Eleanour. Swiftly and efficiently casks of tea were brought up from the hold to the deck, reasonable proof that some of the "Indians" were, in fact, longshoremen. ******
What were the Commitee of Correspondance exactly entitled to do for our country?
Thye were used to spread ideas for the revolution around MAssachusettes and also made laws. It was like a form of government. IT helped keep us together and generally keep us on the same idea.
1776 - "A group of nearly 200 settlers, led overland from Mexico across desert and mountain by Governor Luis Anza, arrive to establish a permanent colony on San Francisco Bay."
going into detail of the Boston tea party.....
