The history of the United States begins with a rebellion against unfair taxation. In 1767, a distant and unresponsive government in London, led by an out-of-touch leader in King George III, ...
(upbeat jaunty music) [Narrator] Did Britain punish the colonist for the Boston Tea Party? In 1774, British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, four acts designed ...
The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston ...
Sept. 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret in Philadelphia, calling for a boycott of British goods and writing a petition to King George III to ...