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They didn't dress up. This is part of the fable. 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 higher 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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∙ 9y agoThe colonists--or, more specifically, those colonists who were part of the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts--engaged in what is now called the Boston Tea Party as a form political protest. They were protesting the Tea Act of 1773.
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∙ 9y agobecause they shot a lot of other colonists for no reason what so ever. boom clap
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What closed the port of Boston cancelled Massachusetts charter and increased colonists anger at Britain?
I believe it was the Boston tea party. Don't hold me on that one - I'd look it up on Wikipedia.
Why did the colonists hold the Boston Tea party?
it was to pay for their taxes of tea so they threw it over a boat
Why did the colonists hold the Boston and Edenton tea parties?
The colonists held the Boston and Edenton tea parties because they wanted to tell the British, and make sure they understood it too, "No taxation without representation!"
What were the five intolerable acts?
1. Shut down ports in Boston 2. Forced colomnists to hold their tries in Bririan 3. fobade colonists to hold town meetings 4. nO longer would red coats camp tents on Boston common
What year did the Intolerable Acts start?
1774first, parliament shut down the port of Boston, and no ship could enter or leave the harbor. the harbor would stay closed until the colonists could pay british taxes.after that, parliament didnt let Massachusetts colonists to hold town meetings more than once a year without the governor's permission.thirdly, parliament said that officers and other officials who were accused of crime had to be tried in Britain, not Massachusetts.lastly, parliament passed a quartering act, in which colonists were forced to house british troops in their homes.
What closed the port of Boston cancelled Massachusetts charter and increased colonists anger at Britain?
I believe it was the Boston tea party. Don't hold me on that one - I'd look it up on Wikipedia.
Why did the colonists hold the Boston Tea party?
it was to pay for their taxes of tea so they threw it over a boat
Why did the people of Boston hold a tea party?
It was not actually a "tea party". They dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act which required the colonists to exclusively purchase tea from the British West Indies Company. This angered the colonists because they could not purchase tea elsewhere for better prices or quality.
Why did the colonists hold the Bonson tea party?
In protest of the Tea Act
Why did the colonists hold the Boston and Edenton tea parties?
The colonists held the Boston and Edenton tea parties because they wanted to tell the British, and make sure they understood it too, "No taxation without representation!"
Why did the colonies hold the Boston Tea Party?
The British began taxing to much for tea.
What was the british legislation that prompted colonists to hold the first continental congress?
The representatives of the First Continental Congress gathered to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts." These laws were passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
What were the five intolerable acts?
1. Shut down ports in Boston 2. Forced colomnists to hold their tries in Bririan 3. fobade colonists to hold town meetings 4. nO longer would red coats camp tents on Boston common
Why did the King want to punish Boston?
Because he was really mean and stuff.So he passed the Coerive Act.
What Acts were passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?
King George didn't punish the colonists,the parliament did.
Is there any connection to the Boston tea partyand the party that exists today?
They gave themselves that name to use a patriotic and revolutionary symbol. That being said, the views they hold would likely cause disapproval from the Sons of Liberty who orchestrated the Boston Tea Party.
What year did the Intolerable Acts start?
1774first, parliament shut down the port of Boston, and no ship could enter or leave the harbor. the harbor would stay closed until the colonists could pay british taxes.after that, parliament didnt let Massachusetts colonists to hold town meetings more than once a year without the governor's permission.thirdly, parliament said that officers and other officials who were accused of crime had to be tried in Britain, not Massachusetts.lastly, parliament passed a quartering act, in which colonists were forced to house british troops in their homes.
