Boston Tea Party

The Boston Massacre was a clash between British troops and townspeople in Boston in 1770, before the Revolutionary War. The British troops fired into a crowd that was threatening them, killing five. The soldiers had been sent to help the British government maintain order and were resented even before the incident. The killing of the townpeople increased the colonists' inclination toward revolution. LALALALALALA

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A gang of urban terrorists calling themselves "The Sons of Liberty" Some of the people in Boston wanted to rebel so they came up with a plan to dump the tea into the harbor because of the King's tea tax, check wikipedia for more info!

I grew up in South Boston, in the shadows of Dorchester Heights, and March 17th being St. Patrick's Day, there were many festivites. The day usually stated with a memorial service at the Heights, and tower monument was open to the public. This is about the only "Evacuation Day" ceremony. The rest of the day was celebrated as a South Boston holiday and St Patrick's Day. The movie theater used to have free cartoons all morning. The boxing Golden Gloves tournament at the South Boston Municipal gym was scheduled. There was always a political roast the eve of St Pat's day held in Southie, which is now held at the convention center. The highlight of the day was the parade. A rather large parade though South Boston, which is a must for politicians. I remember seeing JFK (as a congressman), and Ted Kennedy, and many other Massachusetts politicians in parade. The parade has been moved to Sunday now, in order to keep the crowd tamer (and sober).

No one organized it. That is one of the great legends of our nation. What really happened was a group of people ( some may have been Sons of Liberty) were in one of the pubs and they were complaining about the tax on tea and the East Indian company. Some one suggested that they go dump the tea in the harbor, so they decided to meet at the docks. A few went home and dressed up as Indians and picked up a hatchet or two. They boarded 3 ships and threw the chests of tea overboard into Boston Harbor.

He did not actually participate in the Tea Party, although he was accused by the British Parliament for imflaming opinions in Boston, when, in fact, Franklin had hoped for a peaceful resolution rather than war. This event made up his mind that war would be inevitable. After all, he was accused of committing treason by his own country.

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No one has been able to give an accurate number of people who were at the Boston Tea Party, mainly because no one left any records telling of how many dressed as Indians and dumped the tea into the harbor nor how many were on the docks watching, cheering, and demanding an end to the Tea Tax.

The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773. It was a political protest led by the Sons of Liberty to rebel against the Tea Acts brought on by the British Parliament. Protestors dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor and ruining all of it. The Boston Harbor is an estuary that is located in the Massachusetts Bay.

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He demanded the tea be unloaded and that the people pay the taxes on the tea.

John Locke believed the Social Contract was only valid if men were willing to give up some of their natural rights to the government, in exchange for the protection of their remaining rights. The Boston Tea Party clearly showed that the social contract had not been reached between Britain and the colonies. The colonies, therefore, refused to cede any of their power to the government, and rejected its efforts to govern them.

The Intolerable Acts were passed. These acts were put in place in order for the colonists to pay back for all th tea dumped.

One disadvantage with the Boston tea party was that the Intolerabel Acts were passed because of it. The Intolerable Act were 4 harsh laws. One of these were the ending of Town Meetings

One advantage was that there were no more taxes on tea

The colonists were against the Tea Act of 1773 which removed taxes and tariffs from the Dutch East India Tea. They saw this as an effort to ruin colonial business. So while boxes of tea were resting on a cargo ship in Boston Harbor, the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Mohawk natives, climbed aboard the ship and tossed all the tea into Boston Harbor.

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The sons of liberty formed to protest against the stamp act. Back in their early days they where known as the loyal 9. They threw rocks at tax collectors houses, and smashed their house, and belongings. Thus, Britan repealed the stamp act.

If you are referring to who defended them in court, it was John Adams. He also became the first American representative to Britain, and later became President.

The Boston Massacre happened in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party happened in 1773.

The people needed to grow against their ruler, and "Common Sense" explained the problems and how to rise against Britain. Everyone could understand, and they wanted to use that information ot rise agaist Britain and gain their independence.

Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish Massachusetts.

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The group of people which believed that the should have the freedom called "The Sons of Liberty" dumped 342 casks of tea, about 42 tons. In that day, it was worth between $1,900,000 and $6,000,000.

About 90,00 pounds. That about 9,000 in todays money in pounds (￡)

The names for the three ships in the Boston tea party are the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and the Beaver.