Boston Tea Party Do you really know what had happened during the Boston Tea Party? Boston Tea Party is an important event of the America’s history. In 1773, the United States did not exist yet. Britain was in control of the thirteen colonies which it is the United States later on. People had come to the colonies for a new life, but instead they were stuck in the British rule. People were getting tired of the rule, and they were starting to rebel. Boston Tea Party was one of the events of the history that change the outlook of America, and it may be the most significant because it started more anti-British protest, it helped America become an independent country, and it had become an inspiration for many people. After the French and Indian
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The Boston Massacre was a huge deal, and it made tensions between the American colonists and the British government even worse (Boston massacre historical society). Actually this would lead to a revolution, but surprisingly, the British were messing with their tea. On December 15, 1773, the ships that carried the tea arrived in Boston Harbor. The colonists need to pay the taxes as soon as the tea was unloaded off the ships. A meeting was held by the Sons of Liberty to discuss what they should do with the ships. They come to a conclusion that they should dumb the tea in the harbor to show that they would not pay the taxes of the tea according to the British parliament (Boston tea party ships & museum). On December 16, 1773 was the official day of the Boston Tea Party. The one who was involved in it dressed up like Mohawk Indians. They quietly boarded the ships, destroyed the boxes of the tea, and dumped the as much as they could in the harbor. They even went on boats to make sure that everything was destroyed and that none of it could be save. A total of 92,000 pounds of tea were destroyed History.com Staff). The colonists became more and more independent, and their confidence rose that they can free themselves from the British rule. The Boston Tea Party was a powerful message to the British. It will let them know that they will do whatever it will take to be independent from them. With this thought in their mind led them to the Revolutionary War and that led them to the independence of the United
The Boston Massacre was a huge deal, and it made tensions between the American colonists and the British government even worse (Boston massacre historical society). Actually this would lead to a revolution, but surprisingly, the British were messing with their tea. On December 15, 1773, the ships that carried the tea arrived in Boston Harbor. The colonists need to pay the taxes as soon as the tea was unloaded off the ships. A meeting was held by the Sons of Liberty to discuss what they should do with the ships. They come to a conclusion that they should dumb the tea in the harbor to show that they would not pay the taxes of the tea according to the British parliament (Boston tea party ships & museum). On December 16, 1773 was the official day of the Boston Tea Party. The one who was involved in it dressed up like Mohawk Indians. They quietly boarded the ships, destroyed the boxes of the tea, and dumped the as much as they could in the harbor. They even went on boats to make sure that everything was destroyed and that none of it could be save. A total of 92,000 pounds of tea were destroyed History.com Staff). The colonists became more and more independent, and their confidence rose that they can free themselves from the British rule. The Boston Tea Party was a powerful message to the British. It will let them know that they will do whatever it will take to be independent from them. With this thought in their mind led them to the Revolutionary War and that led them to the independence of the United