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    that will play a big role in history. The sugar act was a tax/tariff placed on the United States and colonists by the British to raise revenue(The American Revenue Act of 1764). The sugar act was a tax places on sugar, and molasses. The colonist were angry about the sugar act mostly due to economic consequences which made prices 3 cents (The American Revenue Act of 1764s ). This is one of the many taxes that will go on during this period. The sugar act was just a start of some of the taxes that…

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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…

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    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…

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    everything, not allowing Westward expansion, and invasion of the colonist privacy with the mutiny act. England took many steps to try to control the colonist but would in the end be extremely unsuccessful. To this very day people…

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    The tax placed on tea by the British was a way to help the East India tea company, and it was politically significant. The Americans, at the time, had just had the Townshend acts repealed on common items such as glass, paper, and etc. however they were not satisfied until all taxes had been removed. This tax was barely anything for an average American. The Englishman who had maybe half an acre of land was not generating much revenue yet he or she willingly paid taxes of 50% of their profit. The…

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    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…

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    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 all printed items.…

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    Many revolts and acts of rebellion took place during the 1700’s. One of these acts was the Boston Tea Party. This occurred on December 16th, 1773 and consisted of over a hundred Sons of Liberty, dressed as Native Americans, who dumped 342 chests (92,000lbs) worth of tea into the Boston harbor. This resulted in Parliament’s passing of the five Intolerable Acts. These Intolerable Acts were unjustified because there were much better and more fair ways to have dealt with the Boston Tea Party at the…

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    patriots have been making trouble for the Loyalist. They only want to preserve their lands when the colonies stand up to Britain. They will only brew more trouble for the Loyalist. The Patriots have been making trouble with the British by turning down the acts and boycotting the products of the British to prove that they won 't buy anything until they are heard and respected. The British would only help the colonies if they would buy taxed goods so they have money to protect them. While many…

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    The Boston Tea Party was a political protest on December 16, 1773 that represented the rebellion of the colonies from Great Britain. It was predominantly caused by the colonists’ opposition to being taxed without being represented in Parliament. Britain had placed a tax on the colonists’ tea; this caused the tension between the colonists and Great Britain to rise until it came to a head in the Boston massacre and soon led to the Boston Tea Party. Tea had been frequently imported to the colonies…

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