To: matthew (Hijacked) who wrote (3612 ) 3/27/2003 3:27:28 AM From: jttmab Respond to I have difficulty trusting our government. 1773 - The Tea Act reduces duties on tea but gave the East India Company the right to sell directly to Americans from India, where it would collect the very small tax. British tea would thereby, in spite of the tax, be cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea. However, American leaders objected to British taxation and the issue came to a head in Boston, where the Sons of Liberty, organized by Samuel Adams, refused to allow the tea ships to be unloaded. online.elcamino.cc.ca.us 1772 - In [Rhode] Island, tensions erupted when the British naval vessel Gaspée ran aground on June 9, while chasing smugglers . That night a band of "Indians" set the ship on fire. online.elcamino.cc.ca.us Quebec Act .1774 - The Quebec Act, passed by Parliament, alarmed the colonies because it recognized the Roman- Catholic Church in Quebec. Some colonials took it as a sign that Britain was planning to impose Catholicism upon the colonies. Some colonials took it as a sign that Britain was planning to impose Catholicism upon the colonies. Put your adversary in the wrong and keep him there.
