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American Revolution (Causes (Economical (Sugar Act (1764) (This was the…

- - - - The punishment for the Boston Tea Party, the king and his parliament passed a series of laws which limited political and geographical freedoms. These series of laws were called the Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts.
        
        Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts
        
        The Boston Harbor would be closed until the East India Tea Company was repaid fully for the tea lost at the “Tea Party.”
        
        Quartering Act was extended to publicly occupied buildings.
        
        British Officials could not be tried in colonial courts for their crimes; instead, they would be sent back to Britain to receive punishment.
        
        Colonial charters, which stated rules and government set up, were annulled and British Governors were in complete control of town meetings.
        
        The border of Canada was now extended into the western colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia.
    - - The American colonists came together to fight back after the British enforced the Intolerable Acts. Representatives met in Philadelphia to come to an agreement that could be made with England.
  - - - This was the first piece of legislation passed by the Parliament that was intended to raise income in America. This was one of the first times when the colonists wanted a say in the amount of tax. The taxes were raised with taking in consideration the opinions of the colonists.
    - - It was a law which forced a tax on all American colonists which required them to pay tax on every printed paper they used. The money that was collected by this act helped pay the costs of the British soldiers who were in America protecting the border. The colonists boycotted the british goods to get the Stamp Act cancelled.
    - - After the stamp act was revoked, a man named Charles Townshend forced an tax on items like lead, glass, paper and tea. Townshend hoped that the colonists wouldn’t realise the increase of price. The sea ports were place where the indirect tax was collected before the items actually reached colonial stores. As the tax was already included in the price when the colonists went to buy things. Later on, the colonists did recognize the indirect tax and once again boycotted British goods
  - - - The conflict between the colonists and the British soldiers was increasing. On 5th March, 1770, many people started harassing a British soldier in front of the Customs House. Nine more soldiers came after the soldier called for help. There were a lots of insults and snowballs thrown at those soldiers and in that ruckus, someone yelled "Fire!" Due to that, many shots were fired leading to the death of 5 townspeople. The made the people of Boston even more furious making them demand that those soldiers should be put to death.
    - - The sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams left for the Boston Harbor on December 6th, 1773 disguised as Mohawk Indians. The rebels quietly and hastily got on to three different ships with weapons like axes and hatchets. They threw 342 crates filled with tea overboard destructing the valuable British teas. Due to the disrespect they showed King George III was angry and ordered that the Patriots should be punished.