The same was true with the Townshend Revenue Acts in 1767 and the Tea Act in 1773, which triggered the Tea Party. George was a contradictory character. The Whigs in Parliament called him an ...
The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance ... sparking the Boston Tea Party of 1773. The Intolerable Acts of 1774 followed the Boston Tea Party and were meant to isolate Massachusetts ...
Twelve Smyth County students connected with women who more than 250 years ago took part in protests that led to the American Revolution.