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The Boston Tea Party was the dumping of tea into the harbor in Boston. This act was committed by The Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty were a group of colonists that were protesting against British taxes and laws. They were led by Samuel Adams.They dressed as Mohawk Indians to climb aboard ships and protest by dumping tea into the Harbor. The Boston tea party was the result of angry colonists protesting. They were protesting the British Tea tax. The British Tea tax was the tax on tea. Nine…

The Source starts with a general summary of the context of the Boston Tea party. It stated why the American Colonist did what they did. The source tells what significance the Boston Tea Party had on the American Colonist view on independence. The Article then goes on to tell why the Boston Tea Party took place. How Britain enforced different taxes to try and alleviate the debt that had previously been created. They explain how some of the taxes work, such as the Stamp Act which placed a tax on…

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…

It was record time speed for a woman. It was interesting the when she was being awarded she looked like she hadn’t even ran a foot. Her hair was perfect, she was barely sweaty whatsoever. So apparently Rosie Ruiz finished the Boston Marathon in almost record time without sweating. It seemed strange to everyone that you had just ran over 26 miles and you were barely breaking a sweat. Once people started getting suspicious they realized, “no one — neither competitors nor spectators — could…

off the Boston harbor. This historical event in history is now known as the Boston Tea Party. There were over 100 people who participated, but the main leaders were the Sons of Liberty. However, there is one question: Why did the patriots reject the tea? Many factors caused the Boston Tea Party, including “no taxation without representation”, the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act, and the 1773 Tea Act. On the day of the tea party, there was a large meeting held at the Old South Church in Boston,…

The Boston Massacre; A Bloody Night March 5th, 1770. It’s a cold, wintery night and the British Redcoats have set up camp right in the middle of Boston, Massachusetts to enforce more tax laws. A group of angry, drunken colonists gather around all sides of the British troops for a not so peaceful protest. Clunk. One of the colonists had thrown a wooden club and knocked a British soldier off his feet and onto the ground. “Fire!” Captain Preston Thomas exclaimed. What was the Boston Massacre…

The 1770 Boston Massacre Boston massacre is one of the world known mass killings to have been witnessed during American Revolution in early 17th century. The massacre was originally known as ‘the Bloody massacre in king street’ as it was referred by Paul Revere. It took place in Boston, Massachusetts on March 5, 1770, the riots began from the group of 50 citizens who had converged outside State House protesting against the large number of British soldiers present in the city. The…

King of England revolting against the colonists. The French and Indian War, The Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Tea Act, Stamp Act,Townshend Act, Boston Massacre,Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts. The Boston Massacre is the most important to the cause of The American Revolution. To began at my first importance would be the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was the most important and significant to the King of England, King George. It started in 1770 the main cause, the fight over…

These last few years have been horrendous in the colony of Boston. The British have been unruly and selfish to us. They are demanding things that are unheard of, and not giving us the rights necessary to us. As human beings, and British subjects, we have the natural rights, as expressed by fellow English philosopher John Locke, of life, liberty, and property. The mother country is taking these natural rights away from us by imposing unnecessary acts and attempting to create a stronger political…

compete with the East India Company. As a result, the Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16, 1773 as the “Sons of Liberty” dressed as Mohawk Indians, snuck onto a ship in the Boston harbor, and dumped all the tea into the harbor. Parliament was angered by the Boston Tea Party and passed the Coercive Acts in 1774, which involved shutting down the Boston harbor until Massachusetts paid the East India Company for the tea wasted in the Boston Tea Party; reducing the power to self-govern; keeping…