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By Kate Kinley, B Block
By Kate Kinley, B Block
June 1774
Boston with Redcoats The effect of Redcoats in Boston on the Colonists The Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16th, 1773. It was organized by the Sons of Liberty, a group made to try and get more rights in the Colonies. In the Tea Party, the three ships from England carrying supplies, the Eleanor, the Beaver, and the Dartmouth. The colonists were outraged because the British Parliament was taxing the colonists taxes for the tea, even though the money had already been paid.
The outraged colonists push tea chests overboard in the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts The Intolerable Acts, also called the Coercive Acts, were the five laws put in place after the Boston Tea Party as a way of punishing the colonists. The five laws were, in short: Only firewood and food was allowed into Boston, only one town meeting was allowed per year, all trials were to be heard in England, the colonists had to shelter and feed the British, and the fifth, the Quebec Act, didn’t relate to Boston.
The Quartering Act of 1765 The first Quartering Act in 1765, happened because at the end of the French and Indian War, there were a lot of British in America, and they needed basic essentials, like shelter and food, so people were required to give these to the British.
Revolutionary Times
Effects of the beginning On December 16th, 1773, about the equivalent of 19 million cups of tea were thrown into Boston Harbor to show the colonists rage at being unfairly taxed for tea. The Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party, and it was one of the main events leading up to the Revolutionary War, and the events before. The Revolutionary War greatly changed the lives of people living in Boston because it made people live in close vicinity with Redcoats, it made boys and men have to go leave to fight, and it made people live in fear of being shot or hanged.
The Quartering Act of 1775 Leading up to the Revolutionary War, the Redcoats quartered with the New Englanders because the Parliament insisted that the lost money from the Boston Tea Party should be payed. The quartering with New Englanders increased tension between the both the colonists and the Redcoats. Also, people couldn’t go about their business as usual, because there were Redcoats everywhere. Many people had to house Redcoats, and were expected to give them good treatment, but this was hard for 1
By Kate Kinley, B Block
June 1774
some revolutionists. As landofthebrave.info says, “...compelled the colonists to feed and shelter the soldiers employed to punish them.” This shows how even though the colonists were being blocked from getting resources, they still had to supply the British with them, which made colonists mad because they couldn’t get what they themselves wanted. Tensions were high between the colonists and the Redcoats.
Off to War
A map of Boston in the 1770s
Works Cited Barnes 3/15/16, Elissa Spertus. "A British View of Rebellious Boston, 1774." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. 09 Nov. 2014. Web. 02 June 2017. "Intolerable Acts." Intolerable Acts of 1774 ***. Web. 02 June 2017. Rogoway, Tyler. "The Revolutionary War: By The Numbers." Foxtrot Alpha. Foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com, 04 July 2014. Web. 02 June 2017. Skemp, Sheila L. "Women and Politics in the Era of the American Revolution." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History. 06 June 2016. Web. 02 June 2017.
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The Revolutionary War encouraged many young boys and men to go to fight with the minutemen. This was hard because many lives were lost. According to Foxtrot Alpha, “1 in 20 able bodied white free males living in America died during the war.” This shows just how many people lost their lives for freedom. This was also a challenge because boys were mostly the workers. As the American History Oxford Research Encyclopedias says, “During the war, many women demonstrated their loyalty to the patriot cause by shouldering the burdens of absent husbands.” So most boys clearly were the ones working, so when the war came the women had to take over their jobs. The Revolutionary War was a hard time for many boys and men because they had to go to fight.
Mistreatment of the Colonists The Revolutionary War also greatly changed the live of New Englanders because it made people live in fear of being shot or hanged. If someone even look at a Redcoat the wrong way, they might attack them. In January of 1774, as said by Philip Dawe in The Bostonian’s Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring & Feathering “Malcom struck Hewes with his cane and fled the scene.” This shows the British mistreatment of Bostonians, normally for no apparent reason. Also, publishers that wrote about how bad the British were, and encouraged people to revolt, were punished, usually by hanging or shooting.
Summary In conclusion, the Revolutionary War times were hard for colonists living in Boston, because they were required to quarter the British, they had to leave to fight, and they were in fear of being killed. How would you like if it the people you hate came to live with you? 2