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The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the lowering of the cost of the British tea by the government and the East India tea company who had gotten a bail out from the crown in 1773. The smugglers in the colonies found the Dutch tea that they sold was lower in price than the British tea, so they staged the Boston Tea Party and others in harbors in the colonies ( Hamilton was one of the largest smugglers in the colonies and a founding member of the Son's of Liberty). The cost of tea also went as far back as the Navigation Acts and the restricting of trade to and from the colonies passed from 1650-1733. Tea was also taxed in 1767 in the Townsend Acts.
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∙ 11y agoThe tea party was a protest by the colonial smugglers whose price of tea went up because the price of the English tea went DOWN. The tax was LOWERED making the Dutch tea higher in cost, so the smugglers threw tea off of 3 ships to protest. They were NOT dressed as Native Americans and the biggest smuggler was Hamilton who arranged for the tea to be tossed. The story that is told is pure fable.
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∙ 12y agoThe colonists got mad and threw more than 300 crates of tea into the Boston harbor
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The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by the Boston colonists. Boston a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the Great Britain Government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and other political protests often refer to it.
How do you put Boston Tea Party into a sentence?
The Boston Tea Party occurred in Boston. Many crates of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. that's all i can think of
Who war responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
The colonists were responsible for the Boston tea party.
Was the Boston Tea Party at day or night?
The Boston Tea Party was at night.
Was the Boston tea party the act of the revolutionary war?
the Boston tea party came before the intolerable acts the intolerable acts was a response made by King George the 3rd the Boston tea party was a response to the tea act where king George added taxes to tea
What year the the Boston tea party happened?
The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773, when patriots dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
What year was the Boston tea party?
The Boston Tea Party happened in the year of 1773.
What year did the Boston Tea Party happen?
The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773, when patriots dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
What was the harbour were the Boston Tea Party happened called?
The Boston Tea Party took place in Boston Harbour.
What colony did the Boston Tea Party happen on?
It happened in Massachusetts. LOOK AT THE NAME!!! BOSTON tea party.
What happened in Boston other than Boston tea party?
Boston bombing
What is the name of the harbor that the Boston tea party happened in?
The Boston Harbor.
Witch came first the Boston Tea Party or the Boston massacre?
The Boston Massacre happened in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party happened in 1773.
What city did the tea party happened?
Boston, MA
What Historical Events happened in Massachusetts?
the boston tea party happened
What are 2 historical events that happened in Boston?
Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre
What famous event took place in the Boston harbor in 1773?
The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773.
