Why did colonist participate in the Boston tea party?

Answer 1

It showed that the colonists strongly protested the tea tax.
In 1773, Britain's East India Company was sitting on large stocks of tea that it could not sell in England. It was on the verge of bankruptcy. In an effort to save it, the government passed the Tea Act of 1773, which gave the company the right to export its merchandise directly to the colonies without paying any of the regular taxes that were imposed on the colonial merchants, who had traditionally served as the middlemen in such transactions. With these privileges, the company could undersell American merchants and monopolize the colonial tea trade. The act proved inflammatory for several reasons. First, it angered influential colonial merchants, who feared being replaced and bankrupted by a powerful monopoly. The East India Company's decision to grant franchises to certain American merchants for the sale of their tea created further resentments among those excluded from this lucrative trade. More important, however, the Tea Act revived American passions about the issue of taxation without representation. The law provided no new tax on tea. Lord North assumed that most colonists would welcome the new law because it would reduce the price of tea to consumers by removing the middlemen. But the colonists responded by boycotting tea. Unlike earlier protests, this boycott mobilized large segments of the population. It also helped link the colonies together in a common experience of mass popular protest. Particularly important to the movement were the activities of colonial women, who were one of the principal consumers of tea and now became the leaders of the effort to the boycott.

Various colonies made plans to prevent the East India Company from landing its cargoes in colonial ports. In ports other than Boston, agents of the company were "persuaded" to resign, and new shipments of tea were either returned to England or warehoused. In Boston, the agents refused to resign and, with the support of the royal governor, preparations were made to land incoming cargoes regardless of opposition. After failing to turn back the three ships in the harbor, local patriots led by Samuel Adams staged a spectacular drama. On the evening of December 16, 1773, three companies of fifty men each, masquerading as Mohawk Indians, passed through a tremendous crowd of spectators, went aboard the three ships, broke open the tea chests, and heaved them into the harbor.As the electrifying news of the Boston "tea party" spread, other seaports followed the example and staged similar acts of resistance of their own.'

When the Bostonians refused to pay for the property they had destroyed, George III and Lord North decided on a policy of coercion, to be applied only against Massachusetts, the socalled Coercive Acts. In these four acts of 1774, Parliament closed the port of Boston, drastically reduced the powers of selfgovernment in the colony, permitted royal officers to be tried in other colonies or in England when accused of crimes, and provided for the quartering of troops in the colonists' barns and empty houses. The acts sparked new resistance up and down the coast.

Answer 2

The Tea Act, which was a way to trick the colonists into paying for taxed tea, created the conflict which became known as the "Boston Red Sox" it was the first time the colonists came together in an organized way to protest the treatment they were getting from Britain. The Son's of Liberty organized the party. The outcomes were swift and harsh on the part of Britain which just spurred the colonists forward. Shortly after the Intolerable acts, passed by Britain, the Colonists would all gather (ex. one) to discuss many things. The most important being the justness of the Intolerable acts and to compose a letter to the king about their "feelings" The King was not at all happy about the letter and rather than responding in a "civil" manner he sent thousands of soldiers. This would result in the colonists getting together for the Second Continental Congress, where an army was formed (with G. Washington at the head) and the DOI was kitten.

An Argument can be made to suggest that without the B.T.P. American's would have been reluctant to "attack" but in my opinion the BTP lead the the 1st C.C which then lead to the 2nd which is where they declared war by declaring their independence

Answer 3

The Boston Tea Party was the cause of the Revoultionary War, because it sparked rebellion in the colonists and was one of the main reasons for the Continental Congress to gather, which started the Revolutionary War by writing the Declaration of Independence.The Boston Tea Party was the reaction to one of the Intolerable Acts made by the British. The Boston Tea Party was the effect of the Tea Act, in which all tea incoming to America was severly taxed. The events of the Boston Tea Party sparked rebellion in the People, and was one of several acts that convinced the founding fathers to create the Continental Congress wich started the war.

Answer 4

The colonist took parts in the Boston tea party because colonist decided to take boycott the tea.

Answer 5

It enraged colonial smugglers and merchants. The merchants would have to raise their prices and the smugglers would have to find another way to smuggle tea.

Answer 6

How did the Boston tea party contribute to the American revolution