Boston´s Role in the American Revolution

Boston’s Great Effect

Independence. Freedom. Democracy. All of these powerful things were gained

after winning the war against Great Britain during the American Revolution. But what

many people do not realize are all the leading contributions that of which helped start the

revolution. One great aspect in getting the kettle burning was the city of Boston,

Massachusetts, with non stop revolting, the Boston Tea Party, and also the Boston

Massacre, all as contributing factors. Many revolutionists, such as Samuel Adams and

Boston’s Sons of Liberty have all played major roles in helping such events to happen.

What many people don’t realize is what an impact Boston has had on Americas Freedom.

Many causative actions such as The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, The

Quartering Act, and the Townshend Act were all causes as to why Boston hosted many

revolts. The Sugar Act had placed tariffs on a varied assortment of goods, such as sugar,

molasses, textiles, coffee, indigo for dyeing, and wine (Rubel,4). In 1765, George

Grenville, proposed the Stamp act, which put a tax on all paper goods and

documents(Rubel, 5). Grenville was in charge of the national debt and had succeeded

Prime Minister William Pitt (Rubel,3). Passed in 1765, the Quartering Act was put into

place; this had meant that authorities were held responsible for sheltering and supplying

all troops within their community (Rubel, 6). As things were getting worse, the

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Bostonians, along with the rest of America erupted. Riots had ejected from all over the

country, surprising even “America’s explicitly patriotic group,” Boston’s Sons of

Liberty( Rubel, 5). Then there was the Townshend Acts which had a similar outlook just

as the Sugar Act but also condensed the North American troops by almost half and

allowed royal officials in American colonies to be paid directly by the Crown(Rubel,7).

With all the revolting against Great Britain, there had been a leader, that leader would have to have been Samuel Adams. Sam Adams had piloted many revolts including one of the most popular, Boston’s Tea Party. He also urged the boycotting of all British trading with the American colonies. Later he served as governor of Massachusetts from 1793 to 1797(Chidsey,95).

On June 10th, 1768, the HMS Romney, one of British’s warships detained John

Hancock and the Liberty and indicted them with the charge of tax evasion. This had

proved that Britain was trying to prove a point and try to set some examples as to what