Boston Tea Party Research Paper

Daugh White
Kara 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 ships, the Patriots dumped 342 containers of tea into the harbor. The group of Patriots, who were also called the Sons of Liberty, organized the incident and was led by Samuel Adams. It was composed of males from all the parts of the colonial society ('Boston Tea Party').
It originated in the wake of the Indian and French war that ended in 1763. After Parliament passed the Quartering Act in 1766, there were a lot of opposition from the majority of people. The quartering act provided for required the colonial assemblies to give barracks and supplies. In 1967, a stamp act was passed and later revoked before the Americans. In the same year, the Townshend Act was passed and allowed import duties on leads, paints, tea, and paper ('Boston Tea Party'). The purpose of the imposition of these duties was to support the civil government and defray the charge of the administration of