US History › Section C · Toward independence › Topic C.4
The tea crisis, the Coercive Acts, and the First Continental Congress
A law meant to rescue a struggling company led to the destruction of a fortune in tea, a harsh punishment of Massachusetts, and the first congress of almost all the colonies. Between 1773 and 1774, a quarrel about taxes became a crisis of authority.
In this topic
- An uneasy calm
- Committees of Correspondence
- The Tea Act of 1773
- Worked example: why cheaper tea caused a crisis
- The destruction of the tea
- The Coercive Acts
- The Quebec Act and the Intolerable Acts
- Worked example: why punishing one colony united many
- The Suffolk Resolves and the First Continental Congress
- What the Congress decided
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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