Rev.+war+project+AP

There are many events leading up to the Revolutionary War. One of the events that happened was the Boston Tea party. The reason the Boston Tea party happened was that the colonists were getting upset and frustrated with the taxes on tea. Some of the American colonists formed a groups known as the Sons of Liberty. They disguised themselves as Mohawk Native Americans. The boarded the three British ships called the Dartmouth , Eleanor, and Beaver on December 16th 1773. Once they got on ship their plan was to dump all the tea overboard into the harbor.  http://www.americanrevolution.com/BostonTeaParty.htm The stamp act was the first direct British tax on American colonists. In November 1765 every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. But of course the stamp had to cost money. The colonists didn’t think that they should half to pay money for something that they had been doing for free for many years. They responded in force, with demonstrations and even with a diplomatic body called the Stamp Act Congress. The hostile reaction in the colonies made the British Government repealed the Stamp Act in March 1765 and at the same time they passed the Declaratory Act, which said that Great Britain was superior to the American colonies. The Stamp Act gave the colonists a target for their anger. By the cause of the Stamp Act, the Sons of Liberty were formed in the response of it.  The Stamp Act Congress also gave the colonists a reason for the Continental Congress. http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/wmaldonado/tremain/stamp3.gif