The Boston Tea party was a political protest that took place on December 16, 1773 after the colonists got fed up with paying taxes on British tea. The British parliament put taxes on their imports to America. After colonists thought this was illegal and unfair, the British parliament stopped taxing all goods except tea. Few years later they passed out the Tea Act, which brought out the East India Company to relieve their debt. This company actually earned a lot of money by trading with America but the colonists thought this would put local British tea sellers out of business due to no customers. This led the Sons of Liberty to overthrow 342 crates of tea from the East India Company into the Boston Harbor.…
The constitution guarantees to appoint at least one representative for every thirty thousand residents of a state to be present to determine the amount of taxes per state. Before America's independence England taxed the colonies without any representation. This lead to the Boston tea party where the colonists rebelled against England by the throw barrels of tea in the ocean which were highly taxed. Because of the colonists’ experiences with the unjust power of England they made sure that no one was unfairly taxed. The colonists additionally experienced the absolute power of kings and avoided the possibility of nobility by outlawing titles. Through the Constitution, the colonists sought to create a nation the avoided the faults of England…
The Intolerable Acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party to show the colonies that the British had both the right and the power to tax them however they wanted to; the British named them the Coercive Acts, as they were a warning, a threat to colonies who continued to resist. The Acts shut down colonial assembly, the harbor, increased authoritarian power, tried convicted officers outside of the colonies, and gave more freedom to soldiers who wished to stay in private property. Colonial assemblies would now be limited to an annual assembly, unless the royal governor permitted more. The harbor was so tightly closed that hay was restricted and horses starved. Moreover, the colonial leaders would be appointed by the royal governor, not elected…
The Boston Tea Party is a very famous political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773. This protest was when many rebels that called themselves the Sons of Liberty boarded 3 ships and dumped hundreds of dollars of tea into the Boston Harbor. The men dressed up as Indians (Natives) to hide their identity. They threw over 340 chest of tea overboard, which took over 3 hours for over 100 people to throw the tea overboard. In total they threw over 90,000lbs of tea and over what would be about $1,000,000 today. This was an act of protest against the tea act and it infuriated the British that they passed a new act called the Intolerable Act in 1774 (I will talk about it more later). This protest was a very memorable one for both the Brtiish…
1. Using the critical thinking skills you have gained so far and referring to the materials provided for this assignment, identify two possible strategies that Thomas Hutchinson or Samuel Adams likely used to develop and improve their thinking as those historical events unfolded prior to taking a stand and acting according to their beliefs.…
one was harmed or executed during this event. There was no engagement between the two sides either. This invasion or act was the first one ever to be an organized act upon the american colonists against the British. According to the Historic Tours of America, the only disguised invader out of hundreds to get caught and put to jail for the Boston Tea Party was Francis Akeley.…
Paul Revere was born January 1, 1735, and died in his home city of Boston on May 10, 1818. Paul Revere’s first wife was Sarah Orne and they got married in 1757 and they had eight children. Not long after her unexpected death in 1773, Paul Revere married another woman and her name was Rachel Walker and they had eight children. Paul Revere took part in the Boston Tea Party. He also alerted the Lexington Minutemen about the approach of the British in 1775. Paul Revere was a silversmith and ardent colonialist. He set up for the famous ride on April 18,1775. He retired from his career in 1811 at the age of 76. Paul Revere became a Freemason in 1760, and soon joined two more overtly political groups- The Sons Of Liberty and the North End Caucus.…
The Occupy movement is against corporate greed (Wood, J.). Both movements are unsatisfied with the government and the institutions because each has been said to have exceeded their bounds. Both the Tea Party movement and the Occupy movement have a large gathering of people to express this frustration. They both…
The Boston Tea Party is a popular trademark in our world’s history because of the crimes that took place. The Boston Tea Party is known all around the world. Colonists came up with the idea to hijack boats to get into all of the tea and dump it into the waters because, they were upset about tea being taxed. Those actions caused chaos with many people. The Boston Tea Party was an act of terrorism because 16 colonists created violence by committing crimes, damaging property, and starting violence toward people.…
The Boston Tea Party is an important part of the American history. The Boston Tea Party was an early led to the American Revolution. This was the first colonial protest against Britain. It was the resulting war that ultimately gave us all that freedom that we are living with…
Historical narratives are protean; as these stories are told and re-told throughout the ages, they morph with each passing from one mouth to another. "Historical narratives are ... also metaphorical statements which suggest a relation of similitude between such events and processes and the story types that we conventionally use to endow the events of our lives with culturally sanctioned meanings." The myth we know as the Boston Tea Party was not always the coherent narrative we recognize today. With each passing generation, different groups have appropriated the public memory of the Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor to forward their own agendas. Specifically, women’s suffragists throughout…
The Boston Tea Party was the first significant act of defiance the colonists showed toward the British. Perhaps the Boston Tea Party was the first time colonist viewed themselves differently than the British. The impacts of this event were enormous, leading to the start of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. Even today, the effects of the Boston Tea Party are shown today; had…
parliament 's enactment of a series of tax levies to pay off a large national…
If the nation is lucky, this October will mark the beginning of the end of the tea party.…
The incident that has been termed the Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16, 1773, when government officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed-imposed tea to Britain. A group of colonists boarded the ships in disguise and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor (BTPHS). The Tea Act of 1773 essentially allowed one of Britain’s greatest commercial interests of the day, The East India Company, a monopoly over tea imports to all British colonies. Due to increased competition from the Dutch and the already high tax the Crown placed on tea, the East India Company had a surplus of tea. The solution that King George III and Parliament came up with was to force this tea on the colony (Knollenberg 93). Basically, a captive market was created for British products by the British Government. There was fear amongst the colonists that this could extend to products other than tea. The colonists’ actions and the government reaction widened an already growing chasm between Crown and colonists (Larabee 106).…