Boston Tea Party
On the evening of December 16th, 1773, Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in the Boston Harbor. Later that night they would dump over 300 chests of tea into the water beneath them. Their goal was to protest the tax on tea, “No taxation without representation.” This major historic event is thought to have caused the American Revolution which started in 1775. The Boston Tea Party was important because it was the first major act of defiance by American colonists.
Different accounts were documented after this even took place, however, not all of them were the same. This begs the question, should people trust individual accounts. A summary on Samuel Cooper’s perspective on the Boston Tea Party, Samuel was at an association meeting the topic of this meeting was the tea taxation issue. During the meeting, someone falsely yelled “Fire” and this sent everyone into a panic. After everything settled people started to notice that people dressed like Indians were emptying all the tea from the ships into the docks. These events were concluded by ten o’clock that night. Samuel had a very different testament than John Adams. A summary of John Andrews testimony starts with noise breaking up a meeting. He then explains how he felt satisfied watching the Narragansett Indians break open the chests and dumped tea into the …show more content…
Paul was one of the men who dressed up like an Indian and joined in the protest tea taxation. Samuel Cooper also participated in the Boston Tea Party. When Samuel partook in the B. T. P. he was just a young boy, sixteen years old. Gorge Hewes was around thirty years old when the Boston Tea Party took place, his patriotic attitude leads him to partake in this historic event. In the face of adversity these gentlemen took it upon themselves to take a stand for what they thought was right and without their action history might be very
On the evening of December 16th, 1773, Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in the Boston Harbor. Later that night they would dump over 300 chests of tea into the water beneath them. Their goal was to protest the tax on tea, “No taxation without representation.” This major historic event is thought to have caused the American Revolution which started in 1775. The Boston Tea Party was important because it was the first major act of defiance by American colonists.
Different accounts were documented after this even took place, however, not all of them were the same. This begs the question, should people trust individual accounts. A summary on Samuel Cooper’s perspective on the Boston Tea Party, Samuel was at an association meeting the topic of this meeting was the tea taxation issue. During the meeting, someone falsely yelled “Fire” and this sent everyone into a panic. After everything settled people started to notice that people dressed like Indians were emptying all the tea from the ships into the docks. These events were concluded by ten o’clock that night. Samuel had a very different testament than John Adams. A summary of John Andrews testimony starts with noise breaking up a meeting. He then explains how he felt satisfied watching the Narragansett Indians break open the chests and dumped tea into the …show more content…
Paul was one of the men who dressed up like an Indian and joined in the protest tea taxation. Samuel Cooper also participated in the Boston Tea Party. When Samuel partook in the B. T. P. he was just a young boy, sixteen years old. Gorge Hewes was around thirty years old when the Boston Tea Party took place, his patriotic attitude leads him to partake in this historic event. In the face of adversity these gentlemen took it upon themselves to take a stand for what they thought was right and without their action history might be very