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Were the colonists justified in dumping the British tea into Boston Harbor?
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe colonists thought they were justified in dumping the tea, because the English were charging high taxes for it but the English didn't think they were justified obviously because they wanted more money from the taxes.
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∙ 13y agoYes and no. No, there was no law preventing people from dumping tea into Boston harbour, however, the tea didn't belong to the colonists and still was the property of the British merchants. So yes, it was theft of the tea and deliberate destruction of private property, so it was illegal, but not because of any legislation preventing the dumping of tea in the harbour but because they stole and destroyed the tea which didn't belong to them.
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How did the colonists show anger with british tea laws?
The colonists showed how angry they were by dumping every single barrel of tea on a ship on Boston Harbor into the lake!
What is it when colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act?
The Boston Tea Party - was a politically motivated protest by colonists in Boston against the British government on December 16, 1773. The Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1773 reduced the tax on tea shipped to the colonies, and the colonists didn't want to be under the British rule anymore, so the dumping of the taxed tea in Boston harbour was there protest against the British Empire, which eventually led to the American War of Independence.Dont forget they dressed up like indians!! XD
Was the Boston tea party a turning point in the relationship between the british and the colonists?
The Boston tea party served notice on the British that the American colonists were fed up with the continually increasing number of commodities that the British were levying taxes on. The British required the colonists to buy many things from them, the British. The Americans had been happy to bypass buying tea from the British, and instead bought tea from various American smugglers at a very lower cost. The British finally caught on to this and blocked the smugglers' ships, forcing the colonists to again purchase from the British. It didn't take long for the Sons of Liberty to set up a protest, posing as Huron Indians . . . this was the Boston tea party, which involved dumping bales of British tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston massacre reaction to colonists and british?
Colonists were thinking that the British were savage and more rebellions broke out.
What were the laws punishing colonists for dumping tea into Boston harbor?
There was a law the Intolerable Acts.
Would the colonists have been justified in dumping the British tea into Boston Harbor?
For the colonists the answer is yes. To the British the answer is no. It all depends on who's viewpoint you are looking at it from.
How did the colonists show anger with british tea laws?
The colonists showed how angry they were by dumping every single barrel of tea on a ship on Boston Harbor into the lake!
What is it when colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act?
The Boston Tea Party - was a politically motivated protest by colonists in Boston against the British government on December 16, 1773. The Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1773 reduced the tax on tea shipped to the colonies, and the colonists didn't want to be under the British rule anymore, so the dumping of the taxed tea in Boston harbour was there protest against the British Empire, which eventually led to the American War of Independence.Dont forget they dressed up like indians!! XD
Was the Boston tea party a turning point in the relationship between the british and the colonists?
The Boston tea party served notice on the British that the American colonists were fed up with the continually increasing number of commodities that the British were levying taxes on. The British required the colonists to buy many things from them, the British. The Americans had been happy to bypass buying tea from the British, and instead bought tea from various American smugglers at a very lower cost. The British finally caught on to this and blocked the smugglers' ships, forcing the colonists to again purchase from the British. It didn't take long for the Sons of Liberty to set up a protest, posing as Huron Indians . . . this was the Boston tea party, which involved dumping bales of British tea into Boston Harbor.
Why did the british soldiers kill colonists in the Boston massacre?
Because the British soldiers hated the colonists' guts.
Boston massacre reaction to colonists and british?
Colonists were thinking that the British were savage and more rebellions broke out.
What were the laws punishing colonists for dumping tea into Boston harbor?
There was a law the Intolerable Acts.
Did the British ever figure out who was responsible for dumping the tea in the Boston tea party?
no they didn't
How did Boston colonists protests the new british tax on tea?
The colonists dressed up as Indians and threw british tea into the Boston Harbor and that act is now known as the Boston Tea Party
Who were the colonists disobeying when they participated in the Boston massacre and the Boston tea party?
the british
What port was closed as a result of the coercive Act?
First, it is worth noting that the "Coercive Acts" were what England and the British monarchy called the laws meant to punish the American colonists. But in the colonies, these acts had a very different name: they were referred to as the Intolerable Acts. The harbor in question was Boston Harbor, and the colonists defied the British government by dumping a large quantity of tea into the harbor as a protest.
What two events occurred in Boston that caused tension between british pariliament and the colonists?
Tea tax, (Tea act)- British taxed the colonists on tea. Boston tea party, - Colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor Sugar act - BRitish taxed the colonits on sugar No taxation without representation- Is what the colonits called it when british taxed them unreasonably and didnt let them have a say in parliament. Townshed act- Unreasonable taxes on materials such as wood and glass... .......So mostly British taxing the colonists. Also british violated their rights.
