1770-1773 Research Paper

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The years 1770-1773 have been described by many historians as a quiet time between the American Colonies and the mother country. They also consider it be, "a time between crisis when little of significance happened." However, John Ferling describes this period as a "time of peril". I agree with Ferling this was a time of immediate danger and it was a significant part of history. This may have been perceived as a quiet period because there was not a lot of fighting going on, but neither the colonists nor the mother country was ready to give in. Both the mother country and the colonists were in great danger. Great Britain became aware of the fact that if they lost their economic and political hold on the colonies then they would no longer be a great power. Once they became …show more content…
This is where the Tea Act fits in. Britain granted the East India Company a monopoly on tea in the colonies as a way to bail them out. It also created imperial revenue and showed the colonist that Britain still had the power to tax them. Great Britain saw the Tea Act as a perfect opportunity for the sneak attack they had been waiting on. The colonists were enraged as the news of the Tea Act spread and soon New York was filled with protest. Even if the years 1770-1773 appeared to be "quiet" time the quietness would come to an end as the year 1773 came to a close. On December 16, 1773 a carefully laid plan was executed, as 30 men dressed as Indians and 100 others boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor. In the span of four hours they would dump close to 10,000 pounds of tea into the harbor. Ferling describes it as "The first act of the turbulent and pivotal decade that was to follow, for the congress, the war and the diplomacy that would fill the breathtaking years between 1774 and 1783 grew from those events in Boston during that cold December of
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