Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party was quite an event in American History, it was a very powerful sense of rebellion. Today I will be discussing different viewpoints of this event from five different people. With its major impact it had, people have quite a lot to say about this action of resistance. I will be discussing sources from the textbook, America: A Narrative History, online sources and RCC Library sources. I shall discuss arguments, summarize articles, and determine if an article is biased or…

know example of this rebellion was the Boston Tea Party. In Boston when the tea arrived on the Dartmouth the colonists refused to pay the duties in order to have the tea shipped back to England. This was to show England that their tea was unnecessary and that the colonies could survive without its aid. The Boston Tea Party was sparked when this proposal was declined by the consignees and Governor who were appointed by Britain. “In 1773 some colonists in Boston, Massachusetts demonstrated…

William Barrell, Letter regarding the Boston Tea Party (1773) Context: Since the beginning of the 17th century tea was being regularly imported to the American Colonies by the East India Company. An estimated 1.2 million pounds of tea were consumed by the Americans each year (Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum 2016, Boston Tea Party Facts: http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-facts). Britain realized they could increase their revenue of the tea trade by imposing taxes onto the…

history tea was as important a commodity to colonists as it was to the people of England and it felt like Britain wad over stepping it grounds. If England could tax something so important to society such as tea, then it set a standard that they could tax anything and no one could stop them. It was outrageous to the colonists and even to smugglers and tea merchants whose profits would lessen because of the cheaper tea given to them. This is way, as I mentioned before, the Boston tea party…

people, and just one person that have made profound effects on the world we know today. The Boston tea party was a revolt where taxpayers were outraged with the high taxes being imposed which led them to revolt against the British. This revolt changed the world. In one way it showed the power of what common people can do, and in another it signified the beginning of the independence of America. The Boston tea party was significant because a large group of people caused a huge change in the…

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…

monopoly to the East India Company, who were then able to sell their tea at immensely cheap prices to compete with smuggled tea being sold in the Colonies. This led to radical Bostonians dressing as Indians and boarding English tea ships to capsize cargo into the Boston harbor, which was known as the Boston Tea party. This act of rebellion was taken both positively as well as negatively from both sides of the quarrel. The Boston Tea Party was the point of no return towards…

The event sparked off the passing of legislative measures that were aimed at ending the commerce of Boston once and for all. Soon, the Boston Harbor closed, and my tea trade was no good to anyone. Soon, I found myself more intrigued towards the objectives of the Patriots even though I did feel numerous times that I had no choice regarding the same. 6.1 to understand what these individuals…

in history. The Stamp Act, Sons of Liberty and Boston Tea Party are three significant parts of the war. The Stamp Act and Boston Tea Party are both related to the Sons of Liberty. Read more to find out how they are all related. The Tea Act is an act that was put in place by the british on the colonists tea. Parliament passed this on May 10, 1773. The british put in this new tax to help them pay for the war. This upset many people because tea was a very popular drink that was never taxed…

of 1.2 million pounds of British tea annually. When Britain realized the tea was a big part of America’s diet they realized that they could tax it and make more money. This caused the Boston Tea Party to take place in December of 1773. The Boston Tea Party sought out to receive representation before being taxed, hence the famous line, “No taxation without representation.” The Tea Party was a terrorist attack because there were weapons involved, the disposal of tea that was not theirs took…