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Where was the Boston Tea Party located?

The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by the Boston colonists. Boston a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the Great Britain Government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and other political protests often refer to it.


Which laws were passed by the British authorities to punish the city of Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

The Coercive Acts, passed in 1774, were designed to punish the Bostonians by closing the port until they paid for the tea they destroyed. These acts also took away Massachusetts's charter as a colony and made it harder to punish anyone in England's royal offices of crime. The Quebec Act of that same year took away colonial land and was one of the main causes of the Revolutionary War.


Who war responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

The colonists were responsible for the Boston tea party.


Did the coercive act say that only native Americans can live on lands west of the Appalachian mount ion?

No. They were British acts that were passed before the revolution. The British were unconcerned about native Americans. The act was to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and limited government in the colonies. It was for control.


Who was king of England during Boston tea party?

The King during the Boston Tea Party was King George the Third. Written as King George III.

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The Coercive Acts were passed to punish colonists in Boston and other parts of Massachusetts for the?

For the Boston Tea Party


What was the purpose of the Coercive Acts?

the purpose was to punish colonist for throwing shiploads of tea into Boston harbor during the Boston tea party.


What was the purpose of the The Intolerable Acts?

The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts.


What did the colonists call the four laws that parliament passed to punish the colonists of Massachusetts?

The Intolerable act, Proclamation of 1773, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party.


What Acts were passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party?

¨The Intolerable Acts¨ which were meant to specifically punish Boston & Massachusetts for the Boston tea party.


How did parliament punish the colonies after the Boston tea party?

killed them


Law to punish the Boston Tea Party?

the intolerable acts


Why were the coercive acts passed?

They were written as a response to the Boston Tea Party, to punish the colonists for rebellious actions.


What city in Massachusetts was the Boston tea party held at?

Boston


Did the Boston tea party happen in Boston Massachusetts?

yes in Boston Harbor that is


What state did the Boston Tea Party take place?

Massachusetts.


How did the british punish Massachusetts after the Boston tea party?

By not letting them have town meetings with out the Crown's permission. In addition, the British closed the port of Boston and began to enforce new laws known as the "Coercive Acts".