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The American colonists were tired of being forced to have only one choice of tea to buy and drink (which was tea from the East India Company), so they decided to rebel against it. On December 16, 60 Boston colonists disguised as Native Americans jumped onto the tea ships and dumped 342 chests of the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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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.
How is Boston Tea Party linked to french revolution?
French revolution is the retaliation of the British to the Prussia for their suuport of the Boston tea party movement
What caused colonist to take part in the Boston tea party?
Hancock paid and organized it and had Samuel Adams organize the men.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.
Was paul revere in the Boston Tea Party?
You have your stories mixed up. Paul Revere warned the citizens of Lexington and Concord that the British Army was coming. He had no role in the Boston Tea Party.
In response to the Boston Tea Party in 1774 the British Parliament passed the?
With the aim of punishing rebellious colonists for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of laws known as the Coercive Acts in 1774.
Who was in the Boston Tea Party?
It was the Colonist V.S. the British Soldiers. It was the Colonist V.S. the British Soldiers.
What did colonist do to let british know they were against new taxes?
The Boston Tea Party.
How did the colonist protest the taxes placed on the British goods?
The Boston tea party and they boycotted the goods
Who of the Boston Tea Party?
the colonist !
How did the colonist oppose the British taxes?
By active resistance such as the Boston Tea Party, boycotting English products and by smuggling.
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 dramatic acts of defiance that some colonist celebrated?
The Boston Tea Party
How did colonist protest taxes?
The Boston Tea Party.
What city did colonist rebel in by holding a famous tea party?
Boston
What was it called when colonist dumped tea into Boston harbor?
The Boston Tea Party.
The colonist of Boston dumped tea into the Boston harbor in what has become known as the?
The Boston tea party.
What are the main events that happened at the Boston tea party?
The colonist dressed up like mohawk Indians and dumped the british tea in the harbor
