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What did Benjamin Franklin have to do with the Boston Tea Party?
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∙ 13y ago
He didn't go and wasn't in the colonies. He was in England .Hancock paid and organized it and had Samuel Adams organize the men.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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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoWiki User
∙ 11y agoNo. He was still blamed. It didn't matter because everyone was punished.
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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.
What is the day and date that the Boston Tea Party went into effect and when did it end?
what is the date of the boston tea party
Why did the colonies write state constitutions beginning in 1776?
To Boston tea party
Who is sometimes referred as the mother of the Boston tea party?
Benjamin Franklin
Was the Boston tea party silent?
Yes, the Boston Tea Party Was Silent.... except for grunting and odd sounds from Benjamin Franklin...
What politicial party was Benjamin Franklin part of?
boston tea party and founding fathers
What did parliament do to Benjamin Franklin?
They stripped him of his position of Postmaster of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party.
Which protest where colonists including Benjamin Franklin dressed like Indians and threw tea into Boston harbor to protests the british tea tax?
Boston Tea Party
Was France helping the colonists in the Boston tea party?
France had nothing to do with the Boston Tea Party. Later when Washington sent Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to Paris, the French decided to send aid to George Washington.
What was the name of the colonists that dumped the tea at the Boston tea party?
The Sons of Liberty Some of the famous names of the Sons of Liberty were Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
How was Benjamin Franklin treated after the Tea Party?
Benjamin Franklin was not directly involved in the Boston Tea Party, so he did not face any immediate consequences. However, his support for the American cause and his role as a leader in the revolution made him a target of British authorities. He was eventually dismissed as Deputy Postmaster General of North America and was publicly ridiculed in the British press.
Did Benjamen Franklin leader of Boston tea party?
i think he did
Did Benjamin Franklin help pour tea into the harbor?
No. It is very unlikely that Ben Franklin helped dump crates of tea into Boston Harbor
Did Benjamin Franklin pay for the tea in the Boston tea party?
He did not actually participate in the Tea Party, although he was accused by the British Parliament for imflaming opinions in Boston, when, in fact, Franklin had hoped for a peaceful resolution rather than war. This event made up his mind that war would be inevitable. After all, he was accused of committing treason by his own country.
What was the Boston tea party called?
the boston tea party..........
