The Americans dumped tea into the sea during the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, as a protest against the British Tea Act, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies and imposed taxes without colonial representation. Colonists viewed this as an infringement on their rights and a symbol of British oppression. The act of dumping over 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor was a bold statement against taxation without representation and fueled the growing desire for independence from British rule.
they wanted to let the british know that they revolted the tea act.
It took 2-3 hours to dump the 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
The day of the Boston Tea Party. Which was December 16, 1773
Many colonists protested the Tea Act. On December 16, 1773 a group of colonists in Boston dressed as Native Americans. They boarded three Tea ships. They dumped 342 chests of Tea into the Boston Harbor. Several colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to Boycott or Protest the Tea act.
The tea crate was used by the colonists to dump tea into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party as a protest against the British tea tax.
they wanted to let the british know that they revolted the tea act.
Some loyalist colonists were upset because they didn't think it was right to dump all the tea and saw it as going too far (:
Paul Revere did not dump the tea into the Boston Harbor. A group of colonists boarded a ship on the night of December 16, 1773 and working quickly dumped valuable tea into the bay. This is known as the Boston Tea Party.
To protest the tax on tea.
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342 chests of tea
dump it over board
plastic bags... people dump them in the sea or they burn them and dump them in the sea it terrible
The Bostonians at the Boston Tea Party dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
It took 2-3 hours to dump the 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Yes, he did.
December 16th, 1773, He helped dump 342 chest of tea into the Boston harbor!