Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party consisted of hundreds of men, disguised as American Indians in order to hide their identity and avoid punishment, dumping 92,000 pounds of tea into the ocean. In today’s money, it was worth more than 1,700,000 dollars. The shipment came from the East India Company; “the British East India Company was a privately owned British company which was established to create profitable trade with countries in the region of Asia” (Vringuard). The tea shipment was actually…

Beginning in the middle of 1765, the Sons of Liberty were a secret political organization made up of colonial patriots. The secret organization was founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock inside of Boston, Massachusetts. The Sons of Liberty was organized as a means to protest the recent tax on anything printed on paper, known as the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act had been pressed upon American’s without the consent of the colonial legislature. Because of this, several colonists wanted to rebel…

love of tea with them, but what about the tea? The colonists wanted their tea, at low and reasonable prices and in a way that would not hurt the American economy. Over the course of the 1700s many important events occurred that changed American history forever. In the early 1700s, the British decided to monopolize the tea business. The British made a deal with the East India Company so that only their tea would be sold in Britain and its colonies. With this being the only place to buy tea,…

Colonel and former president, George Washington once says, “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth (Brainyquotes 1).” Similarly, the American Revolution’s ideal of the war being irrepressible rapidly grew. To continue with this idea, the British, or the Parliament did not see their acts towards the colonists as unlawful, and saw this to be legally justified. The causes of war due to a religious awakening, the British disrespecting the colonists such as levy taxes, no…

paints, and tea that was imported into the colonies. The colonist saw the Townshend acts as an abuse of power from the Parliament. They felt that Great Britain was just trying to show them who is still boss. Many colonies communicated through mail about protesting against these new laws parliament passed; by doing this the colonies made Parliament repeal the Townshend acts in 1770, but they kept taxes on…

justified in rebelling against the British government. Colonist believed that the government was unfair because the king created unfair laws such as the Townshend Act of 1767 and the Tea Act, and the British caused the Boston Massacre. The Townshend Act of 1767 placed taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint and tea that were imported into the colonies. The Townshend Act was a new way to generate tax revenue in the colonies after the Stamp Act was repealed. This act started new ways to force…

He proposed a tax on glass, paint, paper and imported tea (Keene, Cornell, and O 'Donnel 101). You stated that we have been paying import tariffs for over 100 years. You are correct but those were my forefathers who believed themselves to still be citizens of England. I and most of those around me do not technically…

This act places taxes on imported glass, tea, lead, paper, and paint. The money being raised from this act would help pay for the war debt. British Officials used writs of assistance to basically enforce this act. Colonist hated this act because they felt as if it violated their constitutional…

The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quebec Act and Quartering Acts were set forth in order to punish the town of Boston, all colonies viewed these acts as unconstitutional. In his 1776 “Virginia Declaration of Rights,” George Mason wrote, “That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.” The Boston Port Act…

Patriots disguised as Indians boarded three British ships in the Boston Harbor and dumb overboard 342 chests filled with 42 tons of tea. The Boston Tea party pushed British officials to the breaking point. The destruction of so much valuable tea led to a forceful response. The Coercive Acts were in affect in 1774. The Boston Port Act closed the Boston Harbor until the tea was completely paid for. The First Continental Congress was assembled in 1774. Thousands of ordinary…