On December 16‚ 1773 a group of men from the Massachusetts colony had boarded three British tea ship as Mohawk Indians. They were protesting the taxes that the British had put in place on tea and had dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor. The Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War by upsetting the Colonists due to the unfair taxation‚ overbearing British rule and the overgrowing differences between American and British beliefs. After the French and Indian war King George III and British
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disobedience. On December 17‚ 1763 a group calling themselves “The Sons of Liberty” boarded three British tea ships and dumped the economic equivalent of $1.7million of tea into Boston Harbor. The “Boston Tea Party‚” was in protest of the Tea Act of 1773‚ a bill many colonists viewed as taxation tyranny. Consequently‚ Parliament closed Boston to merchant shipping and established military rule in Massachusetts. When our forebearers responded by calling the first Continental Congress‚ our fledgling nation was
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In Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ the Sons of Liberty protested Parliament’s passage of the Tea Act in 1773 by throwing tons of taxed tea into Boston Harbor‚ an act that came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. News of the event reached England in January 1774. Parliament responded with a series of acts that were intended to punish Boston for this illegal destruction of private property‚ restore British authority in Massachusetts‚ and otherwise reform colonial government in America. -The Boston Port Act
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The Boston tea party is the most important event leading into the American Revolution because although some violence and destruction had happened already‚ this event was the one that directly challenged the King. Before the Boston tea party‚ most of the complaints were just talk. Also‚ this cost them a lot of money‚ almost 1 million dollars. They wasted a lot of tea‚ 342 containers. The reason they wasted so much tea was because they loved tea‚ and people of the time drank a lot of tea. Refusing
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Conner History 108 11/24/15 Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party occurred on a winter night of Thursday‚ December 16‚ 1773. It was a pre-revolutionary event of a direct protest that the colonialists used the tea tax that was levied by the British government. The Boston party resulted due to the resentment that the British colonialist had towards the Boston colonists. During the event‚ the Patriots were dressed as Mohawk Indians and attacked the British ships in the Boston harbor. After raiding the three
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The Boston Tea Party Intro ¨No taxation without representation!¨ ~The Patriots This quote is simpy saying that Parliament should not have the opportunity to tax the colonists without them having a say. Of course Parliament did not listen to the colonists‚ and they still passed unnecessary taxes. When Parliament decided they should tax everything then remove all the taxes except for the tax on tea‚ the colonists got pretty mad. The colonies decided to dump tea off of the British boats just to
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COMPARISION/CONTRAST ESSAY: New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox Everyone knows or has heard about the much heated and hated rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees Red Sox rivalry is one of the sports worlds greatest of all times. This rivalry has been going on for over 100 yrs. Some would say that it all started when the Red Sox sold then superstar George “Babe” Ruth to the Yankees; when he was added to the Yankees’ line up it became known as “Murderers’ Row”
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foundation for critical and creative thinking when evaluating historical events such as the Boston Tea Party. Building a foundation is very important this is important on a daily basis personally and professionally. Creative and critical thinking when evaluating the events of the Boston Tea Party you need to gather all the information and evaluate the issues so you can understand how and why the Boston tea party took place. When building a foundation you have to explain‚ analyze‚ and evaluate
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the course of the colonists lives. With events such as the Boston Tea Party and various treaties being signed as acts of defiance against both the British and the French powers‚ the colonists as new Americans‚ were very rebellious in the years leading up to American declaring its independence from Great Britain. The issues the new nation faces against these global powers helped influence the domestic issues in the new country. The Boston Tea Party in 1773 was an event that the new colonists planned
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A few years before this‚ many incidents occurred which prodded colonists to rise up against the tyrannical British Parliament‚ one of such events was the event known as the Boston Massacre. This event occurred on March 5‚ 1770. A squad of British soldiers‚ come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling‚ snowballing crowd‚ let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. The British officer in charge‚ Capt. Thomas Preston was arrested
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