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What was it called when colonist dumped tea into the Boston harbor to protest the Tea Act?
They destroyed the tea by dumping it in Boston Harbor.
What view of colonists' was expressed through the Boston tea party?
The colonist's view of maverick-like freedom was put to full capacity, as they protested the Tea act of 1776, and told Britain to BTFU.
How did the people die in the Boston Tea Party?
No one died. A ships officer was hit in the head, but that is all. 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.
What unites the Stamp Act the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party?
All were related to British Taxes. The stamp act was and is a tax. New York still has it. The Boston Massacre happened because high taxes put a lot of people out of work just like in New York today. People out of work blamed solders (revenuers) enforcing the tax laws. They threw stones at them (Infitada). The solders shot them. The Boston Tea Party occurred because the colonists opposed a tax on tea and would not let a ship unload its tea until the tax was repealed. Tea is not taxed specifically except in places that have sales tax.
What did the Sons of Liberty do in the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty were responsible for the protest that saw 3 ships raided and their cargo of tea thrown into the Boston Harbour. This was part of a larger protest against what the American colonists saw as unfair taxation and interference from the British government in colonial affairs.
What resulted the Boston tea party?
they put tax on tea!!(:
How do you put taxation in a sentence?
"The Boston Tea Party was caused by the colonist revolt over taxation without representation."
What were 3 punishments for the Boston Tea Party?
The laws put on the colonists in 1763 to punish them for the boston tea party were called "The Intolerable Acts."
Why was that Parliament passed the Tea Act not one of the ways that british punished Massachuetts after the Boston Tea Party?
The Tea Act was passed in 1773, before the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the tea act, as tea smugglers and merchants were afraid cheap tea would put them out of business. Since it was the reason for the Boston Tea Party, it could not be a punishment for Massachusetts.
What was it called when colonist dumped tea into the Boston harbor to protest the Tea Act?
They destroyed the tea by dumping it in Boston Harbor.
What are the repercussions of the Boston Tea Party?
millons of dollors were lost when the colonist put the tea in the ocean
When did the Boston Tea Party end and start?
It started with many of the founding fathers in 1773. Started in one day and ended in the same. The Boston Tea Party was a rebellious act by Patriots, the Sons of Liberty, in 1773 to the taxes put on tea, put up by Britain as a response to debt created by the French and Indian War. They were also put into place by George Grenville, the British Prime Minister sent to "babysit" the colonies. Overall, the Boston Tea Party lead to the Intolerable Acts.
What was the british response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Harbor was closed, and laws known as the Coercive or Intolerable acts were put in.
What caused the colonist to have the Boston tea party?
The Tea Act, which would allow the East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists with no tax. England thought the colonists would just buy the cheaper tea, but they rebelled with the Boston Tea Party because it put many merchants out of business.
What was the British government response to the Boston tea party?
The Boston Harbor was closed, and laws known as the Coercive or Intolerable acts were put in.
What was Boston Tea Party about?
The Boston Tea Party was a result of the King taxing the colonist. The king put a tax on the tea and basically forced them to buy it. The colonists then dressed up like Indians ( to conceal their identity) and dumped the tea into the harbor. After that the king closed all of Bostons ports until the tea was payed for.
Why did the colonist throw the tea overboard in the Boston Tea party?
Because the colonists objected to the monopoly on tea and the import duty. Because the colonists did not like Britain put a tax on tea.
