On Thursday, December 16th of 1773, many American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians, rejected the tax on the Chinese tea that was imported from Great Britain and heaved the tea off the Boston harbor. This historical event in history is now known as the Boston Tea Party. There were over 100 people who participated, but the main leaders were the Sons of Liberty. However, there is one question: Why did the patriots reject the tea? Many factors caused the Boston Tea Party, including “no taxation without representation”, the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act, and the 1773 Tea Act. On the day of the tea party, there was a large meeting held at the Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts. This meeting was led by Samuel Adams, who persuaded everyone
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They had made a plan that they would throw all of the tea off of the boat and into the harbor in order to protest about all of the unjust laws of taxation that the British have put on the Americans. They divided themselves into three groups (one group for each boat). As soon as they saw some loyalists around the harbor, the patriots started to throw the tea into the harbor. The loyalists were beyond upset that the patriots threw the British tea into the harbor. The patriots didn’t care that they were upset, all they were focused on is protest. They kept throwing and throwing and throwing the tea into the harbor. When they were done throwing the tea into the harbor, the amount of tea thrown into the harbor as 92,000 lbs. The amount of money thrown into the harbor was up to $18,000. Because of the Boston Tea Party, the harbor had to be shut down. The harbor started to reek, and when it stopped smelling, they still had the harbor shut down until all of the tea had been paid for. The party made many people mad, and so the government created the Intolerable Act. This act made many other acts start such as: the Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, the Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. Many of the American Patriots responded to these acts in protest, and a few months later, some of those Patriots got together to make the First Continental Congress to petition in order to put an end to the Intolerable
They had made a plan that they would throw all of the tea off of the boat and into the harbor in order to protest about all of the unjust laws of taxation that the British have put on the Americans. They divided themselves into three groups (one group for each boat). As soon as they saw some loyalists around the harbor, the patriots started to throw the tea into the harbor. The loyalists were beyond upset that the patriots threw the British tea into the harbor. The patriots didn’t care that they were upset, all they were focused on is protest. They kept throwing and throwing and throwing the tea into the harbor. When they were done throwing the tea into the harbor, the amount of tea thrown into the harbor as 92,000 lbs. The amount of money thrown into the harbor was up to $18,000. Because of the Boston Tea Party, the harbor had to be shut down. The harbor started to reek, and when it stopped smelling, they still had the harbor shut down until all of the tea had been paid for. The party made many people mad, and so the government created the Intolerable Act. This act made many other acts start such as: the Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, the Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. Many of the American Patriots responded to these acts in protest, and a few months later, some of those Patriots got together to make the First Continental Congress to petition in order to put an end to the Intolerable