THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Freedom; gave more freedom to the colonists
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Peace; established peace between the colonists and Great Britain
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Intolerable; were too painful and hard to accept
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Massachusetts; applied only to the state of Massachusetts
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Quartering Act, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act and the Boston Port Act, were known as the Coercive Acts. News of 342 chests of tea dumped into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773, in what was dubbed the Boston Tea Party, reached Britain in January 1774.
Detailed explanation-2: -Colonial Reaction to the Boston Port Act-The First Continental Congress. The Committee of Correspondence in Massachusetts responded to the Boston Port Act by sending a circular letter to the other colonies, asking for their support and for a boycott of British goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Boston Port Act was the first Intolerable Act passed. It was direct punishment to the city of Boston for the Boston Tea Party. The act closed the port of Boston to all ships until the colonists paid for the tea they dumped into the harbor.
Detailed explanation-4: -British Parliament passed this act specifically to punish the rebellious behavior of the American colonists who participated in the Boston Tea Party. This revolt occurred on Dec. 16, 1773, when a group of colonists boarded British ships and dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest a British tea tax.