American
revolution
From this point on, events began to reach the
point of no return for the
colonies. In December1773, the
Boston
Tea Party occurred as a reaction to the hated Tea
Act of earlier that year.
In 1774, the First Continental
Congress met and formed an
'Association,' which ended
up
assuming leadership and spurred
new local organizations
to end royal authority (Olsen,
9).Because of the influence
of these Associations, many
people joined the movement,
and collection of supplies
and mobilization of troops began
to take place. The leadership
of the Association was able to
fan "public opinion into
revolutionary ardor" .
However, not everyone favored the revolutionary movement; this was
especially true in areas of mixed ethnic
cultures and in those that
were untouched by the war. The
citizens of the middle colonies
were especially unenthusiastic
about the revolution.
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