HIST 172 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Warriors: Omen Of The Stars, First Continental Congress, Intolerable Acts
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It begins with a huge shift in american attitudes towards the british. The vast majority of the people in america were extremely reluctant to make the final break with their mother country back in 1774. However, more and more folks (especially in massachusetts) were calling for war. Spring 1774, news of the boston tea party has outraged parliament. Boston harbor is seen as an unforgivable provocation. In an angry mood, parliament passed a series of acts designed to restore royal authority in boston. They install a military governor and set 2000 soldiers to back it up. Parliament called these the coercive acts; the americans call them the intolerable acts. In august of 1774, john adams leave boston for philadelphia. He used to be a massachusetts delegate to the first continental congress. In 1775-1776, adams was at the vanguard of the revolution movement.
