As the morale of the army and the public ebbed, Gen. Most American colonists rejected the legitimacy of the British Parliament to govern the 13 colonies without representation. Trenton was a key battle in the military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its 13 colonies in North America during the Revolutionary War.

SAR Gadsden Chapter also honors the 245th anniversary of the Battle of Trenton, which took place Dec. This was to be the beginning of the end of a dream that birthed a nation of independent thinkers resolved to rule themselves.Īs we approach the 250th anniversary of America, let us remember the patriots that gave their all and our responsibility to be good stewards of their legacy. The Boston Tea Party was a significant event in the Revolution that led to America we enjoy and serve. The First Continental Congress was formed to petition the repeal of the Intolerable Acts, which were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 following the Boston Tea Party, and further coordinated resistance to taxes not enacted by their own elected representatives. Many political protests in the ages since link themselves as historical followers of the Boston Protest of 1773. The reaction from the British government grew into the American Revolution. Protesters had successfully prevented the unloading of tea in three other colonies, but the governor would not allow the tea to be returned to England. Protesters destroyed a shipment of tea from the East India Company. The colonists opposed the taxes as a violation of their rights. Their stand against the tea act was a direct challenge to England’s allowing the British East India Company not to pay taxes imposed by the Townshend Acts. 16, 1773, protest against a British-imposed tax was the source of the famous colonial goal, “No taxation without representation.” The Sons of Liberty in Boston led this political and mercantile protest. 11, at Hacienda de Mesilla, 1891 Avenida de Mesilla, to make final plans for the celebration. The Las Cruces Gadsden Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution plans to celebrate the 248th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

Sons of the American Revolution, Gadsden Chapter

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