The Patriots viewed the acts as an arbitrary violation of the rights of Massachusetts, and in September 1774 tke out in April 1775, leading in July 1776 to the declaration of an independent United States of America.
The Patriots viewed the acts as an arbitrary violation of the rights of Massachusetts, and in September 1774 they organized the First Continental Congress to coordinate a protest. As tensions escalated, the American Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, leading in July 1776 to the declaration of an independent United States of America.