Before the fighting started there were many taxes the were passed by parliament that were seen as tyrannical. …show more content…
“Rather unsuccessful in a series of pursuits prior to the Revolution, Adams found his calling in organizing and rabble-rousing.” http://bit.ly/2xYqI2l He was also a key founder of the sons of liberty, and helped organize the boston tea party. He also had a brother called John who was a lawyer and was part of the committee that drafted the declaration of independance. These two men spearheaded the call to arms in the second continental congress, and played key roles in declaring independance. But while they were gathering support a new tragedy struck. The Boston Massacre, the event that both gathered the most support for independence and shocked the colonists in to fear. On March 5, 1770, a mob of townspeople started throwing rock and snow at the guards outside the customs house. The end result was British soldiers firing into the mob killing five and wounding multiple others. After this attack the people had enough, parliament had just passed The Tea Act and the Sons of Liberty had some revenge to get. “On a cold December night, radical townspeople stormed the ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water.” http://bit.ly/2wREGoK As payment for the tea party parliament passed the Coercive Acts, which closed down boston harbor until the owner of the tea was payed