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Boston Tea Party: The Cause While the British Parliament were trying to save the stumbling East India Company by exempting them on the export tax, the American colonist viewed this act as another illustration of taxation tyranny. On December 16th of 1773, a group of colonist in Massachusetts disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, gathered in Boston Harbor on three different British tea ships and discarded 342 chests of tea over the ships and into the Harbor (“Boston Tea Party,” 2007). This…

American colonies declared the independent of the Unite States, it was the result of the war between the American colonies and the Britain. A lot of people might have heard about the Boston Tea Party, a bunch of Americans dumped British tea into Boston Harbor, but many do not know how important it was. In fact, the Boston Tea Party was the trigger of the American Independent War. In the year of 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which were laws that put taxes on products which imported…

The Boston Tea Party has always been interesting to me. I always used to think of it as something that was comical when told this story in elementary history, with colonists dressing up as Native Americans and throwing tea into Boston Harbor. It never seemed like a serious thing to me until I aged a little and realized the true meaning behind these acts, I feel as though I would’ve been a part of it. The other reason why I picked this site is due to the fact that I’ve always been the type of…

teach a cripple-handed boy to be a silversmith,” Johnny has to find a new apprenticeship. Since Johnny could not be a silversmith anymore, he was walking down Hancock's wharf, and he met a boy named Rab . Rab proceeded to offer Johnny a job at the Boston Observer, after they ate and they bonded and talked for a while. Johnny is very arrogant at the beginning of, and he became more humble over time. Johnny is very arrogant, because he thinks that he is the best of the three boys. Even though…

Intro Splash! The crates of tea sink into the Boston Harbour one by one. Crazy looking colonists are flushing Britain's money down the toilet. This event was the colonist’s last straw and it was very important to the birth of our new country. Get ready to learn about who was involved, where it was, when it was, what it was, why it happened, and the effects. Who & What Obviously, this is the Boston Tea Party! At the Boston tea party 150 people boarded the ships. None of which were women…

Boston’s Harbor, reduced land that the colonists could have claimed in the Ohio River Valley and gave it to Quebec, and finally limited the size of town meetings. Now look back at Document 2 and you can see that the British importation rates have decreased again when these acts were instituted. This makes sense that the colonists would be mad, because now not only do they have to pay for the tea dumped into the Boston Harbor. Now they have to worry about the supplies that needs to get to Boston…

Because of the Boston Tea Party, which was where the British dumped out tea as a way of protesting in Boston, the British government became furious at the colonists. The colonial leaders wanted to defend their self government and liberty. The British government launched the Intolerable Acts, punishment laws passed in 1774. These acts were meant to punish the colonists for their defiance and throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. Some of the intolerable acts include Boston Port Act (An…

On May 10th, 1773, the Boston Tea Act was signed by the British. This allowed the British to have a complete monopoly on tea and raise its price and taxes, leading to the Boston Tea Party. After the Tea Act was passed, the East India Company was allowed to have a complete monopoly on virtually all tea sales, enabling them to raise the prices. The Colonists became more and more angered by the high tea prices, and began to protest the British and the East India Tea Company. On December 16th, 1773…

belonged to the British East India Company were dump into the Boston Harbor by American patriots who disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians. The American patriots were objecting tax on tea, that is, taxation without representation and the perceived East India Company’s monopoly. The Townshend Acts passed in 1767 by Parliament imposed duties on various imported products but they raised a big storm of non-compliance and colonial protest. The Boston merchants evaded the act by continuing to import…

The city of Boston played a crucial part in the history of the freedom and the coming of independence in the United States. Today, visitors can go to Boston and catch a glimpse of the historical events that took place primarily in the eighteenth century. In fact, the city of Boston, through the National Park Service, offers several tours for visitors including the tour of the Freedom Trail as well as the Black Heritage Trail tour in order to provide several unique perspectives of the freedom…