The Tea Party and the Coercive Acts: 1770-1774

The Tea Act of 1773 arose from the financial problems of the British East India Company and the dispute of Parliament's authority over the colonies.

In response to the British Tea Act of 1773, the Sons of Liberty took action in what would later be known as the Boston Tea Party.

The Coercive Acts were meant to reverse the trend of colonial resistance but actually provoked higher levels of resistance.

The First Continental Congress was a convention of 12 colonial delegates that met on September 5, 1774, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.