The largest of these insurgencies developed in England’s American colonies, in response to repeated attempts by the British government to raise taxes in the Revenue Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767 and the Tea Act of 1773. The American rising was not unique. The regiments of British infantry that were sent to restore order in Boston after the Tea Party had been employed on many similar missions throughout the British Empire. The history of their service was a record of the rising spirit of rebellion throughout the western world.
