Intolerable acts such as Boston tea party act, Administering justice act, Massachusetts act and Quartering acts were passed by the British crown which repressed the American colonies who were not given enough representation in the parliament.
Explanation:
English East India company was ailing financially and hence to gain stability, it started to persuade the colonists to buy tea which was high in price. The colonists could not afford to pay such a heavy price and hence they bought the local dutch tea leaves. British also started to inflict some small and secret taxes. The local merchants in the american colonies got annoyed as Britain is trying to give a tough competition forcing the people to buy the British tea leaves. All colonies refused to accept the East India Tea and Boston gave a tough defiance. Boston patriots came in the guise of the Native American Indians and toppled more than three hundred chests of tea leaves into the sea and the Boston ports were closed for trade.
Following this, administering justice act which gave authority to the British officers to imprison and give death penalty to the colonists who seemed to not obey the crown and pay taxes. Massachusetts act gave Britain full authority over Massachusetts Government which was considered to be bitter by the Natives who lived there. Finally, quartering act insisted the colonists to give free accommodation, lodging and food to the British soldiers in their residence which was considered to be atrocious. Annoyed colonists, plunged into protests desiring secession from homeland.
Answer: The colonies resented the fact that they were being taxed, and some colonists argued that Britain did not have the right to tax the colonies, as there were no colonial representatives in Parliament.
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1.John B. Gordon
Gordon rose to fame in the Confederate Army due to his fearless fighting style and made his mark as a military strategist. Gordon fought in several important battles and rose to the rank of major general at the end of the war. After the war, Gordon returned to Georgia where he was an outspoken opponent of Reconstruction and is thought to have been the leader of the Georgia chapter of the KKK. Gordon was elected as a U.S. Senator in 1872 and served in this position until 1880. Gordon was popular among white Georgians and was elected governor in 1886 and back to the U.S. Senate in 1891, serving until 1897. Gordon spent the rest of his life writing and speaking about the Civil War, and, it has been said, embellishing his role in it.
2. Lugenia 1871-1947) was John Hope's wife and a community organizer, reformer, and social activist. Lugenia Burns Hope established the Neighborhood Union, which fought for better conditions in African-American schools and developed health education campaigns in Atlanta. In addition to her leadership role in the Neighborhood Union, she worked with the YWCA. In 1932 became the first vice-president of the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP.
3. Alonzo Herndon - (1858-1927) His life is a true "rags to riches story." Herndon was born to a slave mother and white father in Social Circle, Georgia. Learned and practiced the trade of barbering. In Atlanta he opened his own barbershops. The most famous of his barbershops was the "Crystal Palace". He began investing in real estate and eventually owned over 100 rental properties. In 1905 he founded Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company which is still today one of the largest African American owned financial institutions.
C. Involvement of free riders
