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During March, May, and June of 1774 the five Intolerable Acts were passed by the British parliament. The Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre led to these new laws. The first act, Boston Port Act was passed on March 31, 1774. With this new law, the ports in Boston were closed. Once all the ruined tea was paid for the ports would open, but until then the ports stayed closed. Closing the ports caused more of an outrage among the colonies. To insure that no one traveled through the ports armed…

would stop buying British goods or paying their taxes. One very well 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…

civilians died, the Boston Massacre fueled “the colonial public to the Patriot cause.” Following the backlash against the Boston Massacre was the Tea Act (1773); this act again did not benefit the colonists, Britain was looking out for themselves and the struggling East Indian Company. Boston was left to take action for themselves, this lead to the Boston Tea Party, after Boston’s revolt “Parliament responded with a series of harsh measures intended to stifle colonial resistance to the British…

American 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…

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 world. For…

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…

In December 16, 1773, 342 chests of tea that belonged to the British East India Company were dump into the Boston Harbor by American patriots who disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians. The American patriots were objecting tax on tea, that is, taxation without representation and the perceived East India Company’s monopoly. The Townshend Acts passed in 1767 by Parliament imposed duties on various imported products but they raised a big storm of non-compliance and colonial protest. The Boston…

“To what extent was the Boston Tea Party (1773) and the Tea Act (1773) the turning point in the lead up to the American Revolution?” The American Revolutionary War began on the 19th of April 1775 and ended on the 3rd of September 1783. The main cause of the revolution was the dissatisfaction the colonists had with British rule, mostly due to the taxation without representation. Many events are considered main factors in the lead up to the revolution such as the implementation of the Sugar Act…

The Boston Tea Party is the most important turning point in American history because it marked the first of a series of subsequent events—from British colonies to independent states and from independent states to a united nation -- that led to the formation of the United States of America. First and foremost, The Boston Tea Party led to the Revolutionary War and consequently to the Civil War, which in turn, ended the institution of slavery and redefined the political and social configuration of…

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