How did colonists react to the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 1

There were a variety of different colonist reactions to the events of the Boston Tea Party.

1) Positive: As Boston was a rather revolutionary city (as opposed to New York which was a more loyalist city), many colonists in Boston saw the Boston Tea Party as a demonstration that British taxation without representation was a greater issue to them than the cost savings of purchasing the tea with taxes (even with taxes, British tea was less expensive). Also it showed that the Bostonians took their concerns seriously and the British took note.

2) Negative: Loyalists in Boston were dismayed by what they saw as a childish action. Instead of paying the lowest taxes in the entire British Empire, their fellow colonists felt the urge to act out. It bears noting that the taxes were raised to pay off debts incurred during the Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War) that helped to defend the American colonies. Loyalist sentiment was further angered because Loyalists knew that the British would retaliate for the act, which they did with the Intolerable and Townshend Acts in addition to making the colonists pay for the tea they spilled.

3) Neutral: This opinion came from those who could either see both the good and the bad or just did not care enough to involve themselves in politics. (Funny as it might seem, a number of people just wanted to make an honest wage and sleep with their spouses.)

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

A gang of colonists confronted the British soldiers guarding the warehouse where the bales of tea were stored.

It got so bad that a young, brand-new British soldier fired into the group of colonists, killing one of them.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the American Revolution. Parliament responded with the Intolerable Acts that ended self-government in Massachusetts and closed Boston's commerce.

Answer 6

The king was not present at the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 7

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