Question

List the following events in the correct chronological order.

The Boston Tea Party occurred.

Britain repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the tea tax.

The Committees of Correspondence and Safety were established.

Answer 1

1. Britain repealed all of the Townshend Act expect the tea tax.
2. The Boston Tea Party occurred.
3. The Committees of Correspondence and Safety were established.

Answer 2

- Britain repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the tea tax on April 9th, 1770. This to underscore the supremacy of parliament.

- The first Comittee of Correspondence was established In Boston on November 2nd, 1772. These were provisional Patriot emergency governments to provide colonial leadership and aid intercolonial cooperation.

-The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16th, 1773. 342 crates of British tea were destructed in response to the British taxation policies.

- The Comitte of Safety was established on late 1774. They formed the bridge between the colonial political order and the American republican order,