American Revolution Newsletter

Samantha Hamawi
EDU 133
February 3, 2024
Introduction
The American Revolutionary War was the result of a series of events leading the
Americans to seek full independence from the British. So, what were the events
that lead up to this event that would change the course of history for America?

Essential Background Information (now known as Native Americans). They

boarded 3 ships that had sailed to Boston
In the two decades leading up to the
from London and dumped a total of 342
American Revolutionary War, American
colonists gradually became fed up with the chest of tea into the harbor the night
tyranny of Great Brittan’s rule. Much of of December 16th, 1773.
American colonists’ retaliation against
Great Brittan’s Response
Brittan’s tyranny came as a result of a
multitude of Acts enforced on the colonists News of the Boston Tea Party did not reach
while the British were recouping financially England until nearly a month after the fact in
from their participation in the French and January of 1774. The British Parliament
Indian War. responded to the Tea Party incident by
passing the Coercive (or Intolerable) Acts in
That Time a Tea Party Became a April, 1774. The purpose of this legislation
Pivotal Moment in History…. was to suppress the rebellion erupting all
In 1773, a political protest broke out in over Massachusetts by closing the Boston
response to the British passing the Tea Act port until the East India Company was paid
of 1773 which for the damages to their
allowed the product. These acts also
British East India appointed British
Company to personnel as
monopolize tea government officials in
trade in the the colonies and made
Americas. In British officials immune
December of to prosecution for any
1773, a group of action. In tandem with
American patriots these acts, was the
dressed up as Quartering Act which
American Indians required colonists to
shelter and feed British
soldiers as Parliament saw fit. The impacts America and Great Brittan into the
of the Coercive Acts became the straw that American Revolutionary War.
broke the camel’s back and funneled both