THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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Britain was not successful at controlling the colonies
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The Colonists won the French and Indian War
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Britain was successful at getting peace with the colonies
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No conclusions can be drawn from this
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Detailed explanation-1: -The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was an act of protest in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to agitate against both a tax on tea (which had been an example of taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.
Detailed explanation-3: -What conclusion can be made about why so much conflict occurred in Boston? The king was enforcing more policies in Boston as an example to all the colonies. The American colonists became more and more unhappy with British rule in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for. This was implemented under the 1774 Intolerable Acts and known as the Boston Port Act.