...The political protest known as the Boston Tea Party took place on the evening of December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. The political protest was a demonstration of rebellion orchestrated by the Sons of Liberty in order to protest the Tea Act. The royal governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, allowed three ships- The Dartmouth, The Eleanor, and The Beaver- to enter the Boston Harbor. The ships carried tea to sell to the colonists on behalf of the British East India Company. Many Boston colonists demanded that the tea is returned to England, including Samuel Adams, who tried to persuade the governor to accept this approach, but to no avail. However, before the tea could be purchased by the colonists, radical protesters of the Tea...
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...The Boston Tea Party was the first step into freedom. The Boston Tea Party caused by parliament's taxing without the colonists being represented. This resulted in harsh laws and punishments like the Coercive Acts also known as "the Intolerable Acts. The. Acts angered the colonists even more. Parliament and King George III thought that these punishments would bring order but, in the end they only brought rebellion. The colonists thought that the British government taxing them unfairly disrespected their rights as English citizens. One of the first unfair taxes was the "Sugar Act.' This placed a tax on molasses and sugar which are the main ingredient for Rum. Next, the "Stamp Act" was passed. This tax was placed on all legal documents or important forms. All the new taxes angered the colonists. Another tax was passed, it was called the "Tea Act" this was a tax on all tea. Britain also passed a new law allowing the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies. Tea merchants started to become worried about losing their business to the British East India company because of their cheap prices. To try to stay in business, Tea merchants started smuggling in tea to avoid being taxed. They...
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...ic 1763-1787 Following the Proclamation of 1763, American rage toward the British Empire began to aggravate, and one of its earlier manifestations, aside from liberal boycotts of British goods, was the development of committees of correspondence. Started by the outspoken Samuel Adams, leader of the Sons of Liberty, the Committees began in Boston in 1772 and spread to some eighty towns in the colonies. These committees developed into an inter-colonial committee, and allowed supporters of rebellion to plan their activities and communicate, and joined with the American press, the colonists could spread word about such slights as the ill-named and, to the colonists, horrifying, Boston Massacre which wasn’t a real massacre. For his part, Samuel...
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...The Boston Tea Party started on December 16, 1773, this event was a successful protest because the taxation on tea went down. Furthermore, colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to show opposition to this decision which was made by the British government. Many of these colonists did not like how they were being treated as second-class citizens. The British government is not happy about this. The government saw this as an act of rebellion and tightened control over their colonies and punished them as well. A very large group had come together to disguise themselves as Native Americans. This was all organized by John Hancock and was led by Samuel Adams and his Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty were a huge group of colonial merchants that...
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...Boston Tea Party The Boston tea party is an event in which the American colonist protested against the British parliament right to raise taxes. The Boston Tea party occurred on december 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor. On this date Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty along with a group of angry colonists dressed up as native americans boarded three of the british merchant ships. Tired of the british taxes the colonist wanted to send a message to the british and destroyed the merchandise. In this case over 300 chest of tea by throwing to the sea. The reason that cause this event was the taxation on many british products especially tea for over thirteen years. The event is know as The boston tea party now and it lead to the American Revolution. Stamp Act The stamp act was a law passed by the british parliament on the colonies that took place march 22,...
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...fighting broke out. Included in this all are the following; The Navigation acts, The French and Indian war, Pontiac’s Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763, The sugar act, The stamp act, The Declaratory act, The Townsend act, The Boston massacre, The Boston tea party, And the Intolerable acts. It was a time of chaos for the colonists. The first thing that happened was the Navigation act. The Navigation act of 1660 Was the Navigation act that bad? Yes, yes it was. The Navigation act of 1660 was the first act passed on the colonies. It made it so colonists had to use English ships when they...
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...Boston Tea Party: Destruction of Private Property or Justified Act of Defiance Francine Miller HIUS 221 - C03 - 202420 March 25, 2024 1 In the archives of American History, The Boston Tea Party illuminates the act of defiance and resilience, creating the path toward the nation’s identity. This event stands on its own as a crucial moment in history, standing in courage, rebellion, and freedom toward a life of independence. The frustration and infuriation of citizens, fueled by British taxes and demands, culminated in the decisive act that ignited a movement. This pivotal moment created a ripple effect shaping the course of a revolution. The enduring significance of the Boston Tea Party is evident by the justified defiance expressed through the...
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...of American colonists, it riled up the colonists and led to many major acts and events such as the Intolerable Acts, which caused the most unrest in the colonies and led to the birth of the American Revolution. At this time, the British were outraged by the colonist's behavior and responded to the Boston Tea Party that took place in 1773 in Boston, Massachusetts and passed the Intolerable Acts as a punishment for the colonists. The Boston Tea party was a protest against the Tea Act; the Sons of Liberty had dressed as Natives and raided English boats to dump chests of tea into the harbor. To begin with, the British hoped to coerce the colonists to pay them back for the loss of tea, until then the...
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...Parliament versus the American Colonists Britain, along with its colonists fought in the Seven Years’ War against France in attempt to win over land in the colonies. The battle raged for seven years and ended with a peace treaty between the two forces with Britain reigning victor. At the end of the war, Britain’s national debt doubled from €72 million to €132 million, much less than the debt of the thirteen colonies (Boyer 129). In attempt to reestablish control over the colonies as well as repay their debts, Parliament enacted new laws in the colonies. Many colonists argued the laws were unfair and unjust so rebellions were commonly formed. American colonists’ resentment of Parliament grew as unfair laws were put in place following the 7 year’s war. The Quartering Acts, increase in violence, and the Intolerable Acts all drew a wedge between Parliament and the colonists....
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...government. One of the causes was The Boston Tea Party, which was the protest against taxation on tea, and took place on the night of December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams and The Sons of Liberty boarded three ships, dressed as Indians, and threw 342 containers of tea overboard. Another cause is The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War. This was the conflict between Britain and France in the colonies for rights to the Ohio River Valley. The last cause is The Boston Massacre, which was a squabble that took place on March 5, 1770, between a “patriot” mob and a squad of British soldiers. All of these causes made more...
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...University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-war event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another |The French and Indian War helped lead to the Revolutionary War in two ways. | | |chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s | | | |expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims |First funding this war lead to a huge national debt for Great Britain, which they felt | | |of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British |the Americans should help pay. Parliament decided to service the debt by passing the | | |declaration of war in 1756. Boosted by the financing of future Prime Minister |stamp act, a terrible failure that angered citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, which | | |William Pitt, the British turned the tide with victories at Louisbourg, Fort |started the rift...
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...the colonists, they had no say in how the taxes were collected and spent. Furthermore, acts such as the stamp act of 1765 taxed common goods such as newspapers, pamphlets, and cards. Moreover, Parliament was not willing to give colonists which considered themselves British subjects a seat in parliament. Consequently, in order to try and get parliament to listen, many riots, boycotts, and protests such as the Boston Tea Party occurred. It is easy to see why the colonists thought that taxes were unfair. However, some people believed that American colonists paid fair taxes since the government supported and...
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... | |Sugar Act |Also known as the American Revenue Act passed in 1764. Put taxes on sugar and |The taxe were too high. | | |molasses. | | |Stamp Act |The act which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. |Caused rebellion and lead to the Townshed Act. | |Townshend Acts |The act imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imports into the |Caused rebellion and riots on both sides of the atlantic. | | |colonies. | | |Tea Act |Theacts main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out |It damaged the position of independent shippers, smugglers, and local shopkeepers. | | |the floundering East India Company. |...
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...The Boston Tea Party Imagine 1.5 million dollars worth of tea being dumped into the Atlantic Ocean. That’s pretty much what happened the day of the Boston Tea Party. The day before, 3 ships (the Beaver, the Dartmouth, and the Eleanor) sailed into the harbor. Each ship carried more than 100 chests of British Black Tea. On December 16, 1773, the day of this rebellion, colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and dumped loads of tea into the sea. The news about the Boston Tea Party started to spread the day after this masiccur. The overtaxing of goods by the British ignited The Boston Tea Party, which was one of the first acts that sparked the revolutionary war. Many Acts passed before the Boston Tea Party Did...
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...passed, it put a tax on all papered goods. The colonists were angry by the taxes and they formed the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty and British tax collectors were tarred and feathered. The colonists refused to trade or buy British goods until the Stamp Act was repealed. In 1765-1766 the Sons of Liberty led over 40 protests up and down the colonial coastline. They were successful in forcing the British to repeal the Stamp Act. In 1767, a new act was passed called the Townshend Acts which put a tax on paper, paint, lead, glass and tea. In 1766, the Declaratory Act was passed and it declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures. In 1773, there was a huge rebellion when the Tea Act came to be, even though this act made tea cheaper than before. The Sons of Liberty protested against the Tea Act by dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. All in all, the enforcement of new taxes on the colonies by the British led to more anger towards England. In addition, the British began establishing disliked restrictions on colonial life. Pontiac’s...
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