27 May 2010
Mr. Patrick Henry
Was born May 29, 1736 in Hanover County, Virginia
He was a symbol of American struggle for liberty and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress. He also wrote the virginia resolves.
He became famous for a slogan of the liberty:
¨Give me liberty or give me death.¨
He also mentioned that there was no more distinction between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers or New Englanders; he was not Virginian, but American.
colonists receive unwanted consecuences for their behaviour
As a consequence of the tea party, the harbors were closed. They were not to be opened until the tea that was thrown would be paid; this was the
The king sent more troops and war ships to the colonies.
The intolerable acts also known as coercive acts, was the name given by the colonists to the laws passed by the parliament to punish the colonists for the
Administration of justice act: in which the soldier who committed a crime would receive his respective judgement on
ere not allowed to have their own government. They could not have town meetings nor own laws.
The quartering act of 1774: parliament forced the colonists to house their troops. And they could take over the house if it was necessary.
11 May 2010
Lets Party like its 1773!!
By: Maria Guevara :)
The
On the evening of December, 1773, the colonists disguised themselves as Indians armed with axes. They got in the British boats and dumped forty-five tons of tea into the ocean.