1. The Unavoidable American Revolutionary War
As a political protest opposing to the Townshend Act, which placed new duties on various imports, members of a Patriotic organization named "Sons of Liberty" disguised as American Indians and destroyed a total of 42,009.9 kilograms of tea on December 16, 1773.viii Patriots clearly demonstrated their dissatisfaction toward the British government. Nonetheless, involving the Townshend Act, most crucial revenue acts like the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Tea Act were directly enforced in "the British colonies and plantations in America" which would naturally include the Que...
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