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It depends on your perspective. The colonists would say yes. The British would say no.

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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.


Were the colonists justified in dumping the British tea into Boston Harbor?

to be free from taxesand to make the king mad and angry.


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 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.


Why did the colonists were weird clothing while dumping the tea into the Harbor?

To disguise themselves, from later being arrested or prosecuted.


What were the laws punishing colonists for dumping tea into Boston harbor?

There was a law the Intolerable Acts.


In what city did the colonists stage a protest by dumping tea into the harbor dressed as Native Americans?

a group of men from Britain


Why was the sons of liberty established?

The Sons of Liberty was established when the British wanted to put a tax on tea. The colonists reacted to this by creating The Sons of Liberty which Sam Adams was the leader He and other colonists made a plan to dump all tea into the Boston harbor. The reason for the dumping of the tea in the harbor is because the British was putting a tax on tea and you can't have "taxation without representation". The British had no representatives to the reason why they were putting a tax on the tea. Although we know why.


What did Britain do in the buildup to American Revolution?

forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port


What was one important effect of the Tea Act on the colonists.?

Boston Harbor was closed by the British.


Why did the colonists destroy the British tea?

because the british kept taxing the tea! so the colonists decided too protest, and dump the tea into Boston Harbor


What are the most famous action that the Sons of Liberty took to protest the British Tea Act?

dumping the tea in Boston Harbor.