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    in American history—the Boston Tea Party. The disguised men dumped 340 chests of chests into harbor causing the East India Company to lose nearly 10,000£ of tea. Today, the Boston Tea Party is seen in good light by the majority of Americans. While the Boston Tea Party was a true revolutionary act, today’s understanding of the Boston Tea Party is woven with three myths regarding the reason behind the act and the effects of it. The first myth behind the Boston Tea Party is that it was about…

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    On the night of December 16, 1773, one of America’s biggest acts of rebellion took place: The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party is one of those topics that’s been heard in just about every history class. It’s mainly seen as a story in which a group of colonists decide to gather together and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. But really, it 's much more significant than that. It was the event that unified Americans against British taxation and made them realize the true oppression…

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    and try doing, instead of speaking. To be honest, it is going to take you a long time to just speak your opinion and have it be done. That's not how the world works. Some people think that the Boston Tea Party was an actual tea party where you, sat down and drank tea. However, there's way more to this tea party. It all started with a group of men called The Sons Of Liberty. Why did they get in trouble? They got in trouble because they went against the kings rules and, when you go against a…

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    While there are a plethora of causes of the American Revolution, both large and small, three causes stand out as being the most directly exigent. The Boston Tea Party, in 1773, was the first of these, followed by the Coercive Acts, passed in 1774, concluding with the famous military exchanges at Lexington and Concord in 1775. Each of these moments in history stand out as a key event in the extensive, action-packed prelude to the American Revolution. One of the most well-known quotes from the…

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    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.…

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    carried 500,000 pounds of tea from the East India Company to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charles Town. The citizens didn't want the tea to come, thinking that it would kill the American profits and get everyone one out of business. The Sons of Liberty made plans to stop the tea. In Boston, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians, and boarded the ships filled with tea. They tipped the 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. This raid was known as the "Boston Tea Party". This protest…

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    And although its impossible to pinpoint the single event that let to The American Revolution, there are many that stand out as major contributors to the start of this war. Colonial legislatures, The French and Indian war, The Boston Massacre, The Tea Act, and The Boston Tea Party were just some of the major factors and causes of The American Revolution. The distance between Britain and North America created the need for a localized…

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    learn about the life of Samuel Adams, Samuel Adams is one of the founding fathers of the Unites States of America, Adams also helped to arrange the Boston Tea Party. Samuel Adams planned the Boston Tea Party, which was when People dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. The cause of the Boston tea party was because people were angry at the new tax on tea. Samuel Adams was born on September 27, 1722. Samuel Adams was born in Massachusetts. Even though his father was a brewer, Samuel Adams…

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    The Boston Tea Party took place December 16, 1773. The reason it took place was because of a phrase: “No taxation without representation”. The phrase meant everyone paid the same tax and no one could influence the king’s decision. No one wanted to pay that amount of tax so they wanted to conspire a plan resulting in the Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was the most well planned rebellion of the 18th and 19th century. A group of Patriots, known as the Sons of Liberty and led by a man named…

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    influence in the American Revolution are the enlightenment and the Boston Tea Party. The enlightenment was extremely important in the American Revolution for its influence on the ideology of the American people.…

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