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∙ 14y agoBecause the colonists sneaked onto the British's ship that filled with tea, and they threw the tea over board in order to protest the tea tax.
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What brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?
Bunker Hill.
Who forced the british to evacuate Boston?
chuck Norris As a Bostonian, I'm personally offended by that answer. A Massachusetts militia forced the evacuation of Boston after 11 months of siege.
Who was the British General forced to retreat from Boston?
George Grenville IMPROVEMENT The British commander in Boston was General Thomas Gage. He was also the British commander in chief in America.
The british were forced to evacuate boston when general washington men?
The British evacuated Boston by sea on St. Patrick's Day 1776 after an 11-month siege. And that is why, to this day, kids in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, get St. Patty's day off from school.
Which did Britain do in the buildup to the American Revolution?
Forced colonists to harbor British soldiers Taxed legal documents Closed Boston's port Increased taxes on sugar and stamps
What did Britain do in the buildup to American Revolution?
forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port
What battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?
Bunker Hill.
What brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?
Bunker Hill.
Why didnt the people of Boston want the British soldiers to be there?
Because in the past the British soldiers do not want Boston and they put Boston to pay taxes. The Boston colonists were forced to quarter the British soldiers. Quartering refers to housing and feeding them.
Who forced the british to evacuate Boston?
chuck Norris As a Bostonian, I'm personally offended by that answer. A Massachusetts militia forced the evacuation of Boston after 11 months of siege.
How how did Washington forced the British to leave Boston?
He found 16,000 troops and placed cannons in front of the British ships.
What did Britain do in the buildup to the revolution?
forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port
Which brief battle forced the british to retreat Boston?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
How did the colonists respond to coercive act?
The Coercive Act is a punishmet for the Boston Tea party.The colonist paid for the tea they had dumped.They sent even more British soldiers to Boston and forced colonists to house and feed them.
A substance dumped into the harbor of Boston?
Patriots dumped British cargo's of Tea to protest the taxation being forced upon them. The Boston Tea Party was born.
Where did the British go after the battle of Lexington?
The British army then marched toward Concord, but were met there with superior numbers of Patriot forces and were forced to retreat back to Boston.
Why were Washington's troops jubilant on march 17 1776?
George Washington put cannons at Dorchester Heights and this forced the British to leave Boston. 11,000 British troops and some 1,000 Loyalists departed Boston for Nova Scotia, Canada.
