THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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John Hancock
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Samuel Adams
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Benjamin Franklin
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John Adams
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Detailed explanation-1: -In simplest terms, the Boston Tea Party happened as a result of “taxation without representation”, yet the cause is more complex than that. The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses incurred during the French and Indian War.
Detailed explanation-2: -In April 1774, the British Parliament passed the Coercive (or Intolerable) Acts, which punished Massachusetts for the Tea Party incident. The Acts not only took away home rule from Massachusetts, it forced all Americans to board British troops in unoccupied buildings.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the “tea party” with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty, his underground resistance group.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1774, in the wake of the Boston Tea Party and in the midst of colonial cries for “no taxation without representation, ” Franklin was summoned by solicitor-general Lord Wedderburn to appear before the British Privy Council.