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Mass transit The highest point in the immediate area is Kennesaw Mountain at 1,808 ft (551 m) followed by Stone Mountain at 1,686 ft (514 m) Sweat Mountain at 1,640 ft (500 m) and Little Kennesaw Mountain at 1,600 ft (488 m) Others include Blackjack Mountain Lost Mountain Brushy Mountain Pine Mountain and Mount Wilkinson (Vinings Mountain) Many of these play prominently in the various battles of the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War If the further-north counties are included Bear Mountain is highest followed by Pine Log Mountain Sawnee Mountain and Hanging Mountain followed by the others listed above Stone Sweat Bear and Sawnee are all home to some of the area's broadcast stations, 62 Touki Toussaint Houston United States 4.3 Sports Irish 8.1% Intermodal connections between Amtrak trains and other transportation are available at many stations Most Amtrak rail stations in downtown areas have connections to local public transport Amtrak also code shares with United Airlines providing service between Newark Liberty International Airport (via its Amtrak station and AirTrain Newark) and Philadelphia 30th St Wilmington Stamford and New Haven Special codes are used to designate these intermodal routes such as "ZVE" to designate the combination of New Haven's Union Station and Newark International Airport and the Amtrak connection between them Amtrak also serves airport stations at Milwaukee Oakland Burbank and Baltimore.[citation needed]. Energy efficiency Colonial discontentment grew with the passage of the 1773 Tea Act which reduced taxes on tea sold by the East India Company in an effort to undercut competition and Prime Minister North's ministry hoped that this would establish a precedent of colonists accepting British taxation policies Trouble escalated over the tea tax as Americans in each colony boycotted the tea and those in Boston dumped the tea in the harbor during the Boston Tea Party in 1773 when the Sons of Liberty dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the water Tensions escalated in 1774 as Parliament passed the laws known as the Intolerable Acts which greatly restricted self-government in the colony of Massachusetts These laws also allowed British military commanders to claim colonial homes for the quartering of soldiers regardless whether the American civilians were willing or not to have soldiers in their homes the laws further revoked colonial rights to hold trials in cases involving soldiers or crown officials forcing such trials to be held in England rather than in America Parliament also sent Thomas Gage to serve as Governor of Massachusetts and as the commander of British forces in North America.

. . Main article: Georgia Tech main campus Atlanta contains several outdoor attractions the Atlanta Botanical Garden adjacent to Piedmont Park is home to the 600-foot-long (180 m) Kendeda Canopy Walk a skywalk that allows visitors to tour one of the city's last remaining urban forests from 40-foot-high (12 m) the Canopy Walk is considered the only canopy-level pathway of its kind in the United States Zoo Atlanta in Grant Park accommodates over 1,300 animals representing more than 220 species Home to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans the Zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S to house giant pandas Festivals showcasing arts and crafts film and music including the Atlanta Dogwood Festival the Atlanta Film Festival and Music Midtown respectively are also popular with tourists.