They thought there were chemical weapons
<span>The Tea Act of 1773 was one of many measures imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).</span>
Germany is to blame for starting WWI because they were the first country to declare war before any other country.
<em>Slater Designed the first textile factories in the United States, was the first entrepreneur to build a textile mill powered by water on American soil.</em>
I'm not sure if any were begun in 1775. The American Revolution was occurring at the time but it started in 1760's the sugar and stamp acts were in 1764 and 1765, While the Townsend act was in 1770. The declaration wasn't even started until 1817.