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In Boston, the arrival of three tea ships ignited a furious reaction. The crisis came to a head on December 16, 1773 when as many as 7,000 agitated locals milled about the wharf where the ships were docked. A mass meeting at the Old South Meeting House that morning resolved that the tea ships should leave the harbor without payment of any duty. A committee was selected to take this message to the Customs House to force release of the ships out of the harbor. The Collector of Customs refused to allow the ships to leave without payment of the duty. Stalemate. The committee reported back to the mass meeting and a howl erupted from the meeting hall. It was now early evening and a group of about 200 men, some disguised as Indians, assembled on a near-by hill. Whopping war chants, the crowd marched two-by-two to the wharf, descended upon the three ships and dumped their offending cargos of tea into the harbor waters. I hope this helped you!
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Who owned the ship in the Boston Tea Party?
The British East India Company owned the ship in The Boston Tea Party.
Why did the colonists in Boston have such a strong reaction to the intolerable act?
Because of the Coercive Acts (1774): Legislation passed by the British Parliament as a punishment for the BOSTON Tea Party.
What did the tea party in the 1700s do?
The Tea Party in 1773 was when natives of Boston dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to oppose a British measure for direct imports of taxed tea.
Was Abigail Adams part of the Boston Tea Party?
Abigail Adams was part if the Boston Tea Party because she was spying on the British is a patriot was telling her husband how the British her husband was against the British.
What was the reaction in Boston to the Tea Act of 1774?
The Boston Tea Party and the colonists boycotted tea and angry mobs broke out resisting the act.
British reaction to Tea Act?
they made plastics
In the intolerable acts were the british reaction to what event?
Boston Tea Party.
What event prompted the british to pass the intolerable acts?
Following the Boston tea party the intolerable act pass a year later
What reasons did the british give for taxing the colonies?
cause of the Boston tea party
Who was the Boston Tea Party against?
the british
What was the significant of the Boston tea party?
British
Who did something to the tea at the Boston Tea Party?
the sons of liberty dumped the british tea into the boston harbor
Why did british authorities send troops to occupy Boston in the fall of 1768?
Because of the Boston Tea Party.
Who owned the ship in the Boston Tea Party?
The British East India Company owned the ship in The Boston Tea Party.
What was the colonial reaction to englands tax on the cheaper tea?
Boston tea party
Why was the Boston Tea Party Made?
To protest the british tax on tea.
Why the Boston Tea Party started?
The British imposed a tax on tea.
