Historical Foundations - Colonists Reaction

Question 1

colonists reaction

Answer 1

• loyal to King George III before and during Indian war
• Boston Massacre 1770
• colonists rebelled against red coats
• Boston Tea Party 1773 (tea dumped into Boston harbor when taxes where placed on tea)
• England Passes Intolerable Acts 1774 (Boston harbor closed, trade stopped, money lost)
• First Continental Congress (1774, stop the trading with England)
• The Minutemen (militia, ready at a moments notice was the motto)