Boston Tea Party

Not the Colonist’s Cup of Tea There was a lot of tension between the England and the English colonies in North America during the 1700s. England saw the colonists as second-class citizens. The King and Parliament thought that they knew best for the colonists and made laws that England benefited from but the colonists suffered for. One of the unjust laws that the colonists had very little tolerance for was the tax on tea. The Boston Tea Party was the colonists respond to this tax. There were…

Boston, Massachusetts leading up to the Revolutionary War The French and Indian war had ended and the British were drowning in debt. The year was 1763, and Britain had defeated France with the aid of the colonies. Their victory, however, had been obtained at a very high cost and now they had to pay it back. Parliament decided that the colonies should help pay off the debt because they were protecting them and their land. The colonists would have been in danger had it not been for Britain their…

that occurred through, leading to this event. From dumping tea to getting Independence took many obstacles. This started from Taxation without representation and the Sugar Act in 1764 to 1766. Then was the Stamp Act of 1765, the Sons of Liberty formed and Declaratory Act from 1765 to 1766. When the Stamp Act of 1765 was repealed, the King started the Townshend Act which put duties not only on paper, but other items as well. Next came the Boston Massacre that occurred March 5, 1770 which was one…

the revolutionary war, but what caused it? Was it a miscommunicated accident, too much British control, or was it from just pure hatred. The British implemented many different taxes and acts that the colonists believed were unfair such as the Stamp, Tea and Intolerable acts which increased british control that led to the start of the Revolutionary War. First off we have the Stamp act which was instituted in the year of 1764. Not only was this the first act the british imposed onto the colonists…

sent over and the colonists were forced to house them (Document K). This led to more revolt, such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston tea party. The Boston massacre really sparked up anger in the colonies because of the light punishment given to the soldiers who shot the civilians (Document D). When the Tea Act was passed, all the pent up emotions of the colonists were revived, the Boston Tea party was very important to the start of the revolution. The Relationship changes between England…

rebellions. In my opinion they had a right to be angry take a look at some of these acts and taxes places on the colonist and what they did about it. The British placed many taxes and Acts on the colonists such as the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, the Tea Act and the Intolerable Act. In 1764 the King passed an act saying that officers could search homes whenever they wanted, and in hopes that colonist would stop smuggling. They also lowered taxes on sugar, this was called…

The Shoemaker and The Tea Party: Book Assignment #1 PART I: IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS Historical Memory is oral and written testimonies from individuals who wither witnessed for took part in historical moments in history. Benjamin Bussey Thatcher was an American author who wrote Traits of the Tea Party (1835) which was the second biography to be written about George Robert Twelve Hewes. The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783. It started with the…

Stamp Act. It was created in May 10, 1773. It was created to help save the British East India Company and to save the British economy. The Tea Act gave the British East India Company nearly total control of the market for tea and removed some taxes on tea, making colonist less expensive for the colonist. The colonist didn't want to pay ay taxes and be told what tea they…

Enacted on May 10, 1773, the Tea Act required all purchases of tea to be funneled through the British East India Company which monopolized the tea industry. With the conclusion of the French and Indian War resulting in major debt, the British government reacted by increasing the tax on the vulnerable colonies to see a return on their debt. The retraction of the taxes constructed by the Townsend Act resulted in the decrease in the price of tea which looked like a good deal for the colonies but…

Would you want to be ruled under a king that made you feel like your rights as a person were taken away? Neither did the colonists. There were many ways that the king of England was being destructive to the colonists' lives. Two of those ways are that he taxed the colonists and he sent troops that were treating them terribly. Again, one of the actions the king took that was destructive or really angered the colonists is that he taxed them. In document A, it says that this angered the colonists…