1773
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1763 Charles Townshend proposes new taxes.
Imposes taxes on a number of imported goods:
tea, glass, paper and paint.
colonists organized popular and effective
boycotts of the taxed goods.
1770, parliament repeals the tax on all goods
EXPECPT on tea.
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As a result of the Tea tax-colonist begin to
drink smuggled Dutch Tea rather then British
East India Tea (Cheaper).
East India Company begins to lose $$ and
product
Britain passes Tea Act in 1763
Allowed the East India Co. to ship Tea directly
to the Colonies without stopping in England
first
 Lowered the price of tea…
 …But still taxed
 Colonists reacted with boycotts
and direct resistance (Boston Tea
Party)
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A series of four acts established by the British
government designed to restore order in Boston
The Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston
until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid.
The Massachusetts Government Act, which restricted
Massachusetts; democratic town meetings and turned
the governor's council into an appointed body
The Administration of Justice Act, which made British
officials immune to criminal prosecution in
Massachusetts.
The Quartering Act, which required colonists to house
and quarter British troops on demand, including in
their private homes as a last resort
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First Continental Congress in September 1774,
met in Philadelphia and began orchestrating a
united resistance to British rule in America.