Late on 12/16/1773, in response to The Tea Act, where colonists could only purchase British tea an anti-British group known as the "Sons of Liberty" dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
We'll show them we're a force to be reckoned with! Dump the tea, men!
The Intolerable Acts: After the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain responded by closing Boston ports which affected merchants who relied on trade. British soldiers were also sent to monitor Boston.
Get out of our city, Redcoats! You're not welcome here, hurry on back to Great Britain.
I am just a poor merchant! How am I to make sells without access to importing goods?
In July of 1776, each colony sent delegates to gather in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. Thomas Jefferson had drafted a "Declaration of Independence", basing it off of enlightenment thinker; John Locke's ideas. After revising this document, each member of the Continental Congress signed it in August of 1776.
"...among these rights are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
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