Boston Tea Party In 1763
Events that led to the Boston Tea Party: After the English won the French and Indian war in 1763, the King passed the Sugar Act (a set a tax on sugar and molasses), the Stamp Act (a set tax on all legal papers), and the Townshend Acts (taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea.) The reason for passing these acts was to make up for all the money lost during the war and to pay for future costs. The colonists saw this as useless, and refused to pay the taxes set on certain items. The British government eventually removed the taxes on everything except tea.
The East India Company was responsible for importing tea from China to England during the 17th century. The company made the price of tea very high, and the British government placed high taxes on the tea, making it unaffordable to the lower classes. Instead of paying outrageous prices, the middle and lower class bought tea from English smugglers. Due …show more content…
to losing an exceedingly amount of business because of the smugglers, The East India Company was in danger of going out of business. In May of 1773, the Tea Act was passed. This gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The British sold their tea to the colonies for a cheap price, but placed a very expensive tax on it. As a result of this act, a group of American patriots, dressed as Mohawk warriors, boarded three English ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the water. The British government retaliated with a series of acts known as the Intolerable Acts.
The first acts were called the Coercive Acts.
The Boston Harbor was closed until the damages were paid, colonists were not allowed to hold meetings in Boston, British officials could not face prosecution in Massachusetts, and the Quartering Act which forced colonists to house British soldiers. After passing the Coercive Acts, the parliament then passed the Quebec Act, which gave land to the French in Quebec that American colonists wanted. The Boston Tea Party and the Acts that followed led directly to the American Revolution.
Instead of scaring the other colonies into backing down like the British had hoped, the colonies decided to help the city of Boston. They immediately rushed to their aid by sending them needed supplies. The colonies then formed a Provincial Congress which first met in 1774 in Philadelphia. There, they debated over what they were going to do about the English Parliament. They made a petition to repeal the Intolerable Acts, but it was unsuccessful. A second Continental Congress was then called for after the Revolutionary War had already
begun.
The East India Company was responsible for importing tea from China to England during the 17th century. The company made the price of tea very high, and the British government placed high taxes on the tea, making it unaffordable to the lower classes. Instead of paying outrageous prices, the middle and lower class bought tea from English smugglers. Due …show more content…
to losing an exceedingly amount of business because of the smugglers, The East India Company was in danger of going out of business. In May of 1773, the Tea Act was passed. This gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The British sold their tea to the colonies for a cheap price, but placed a very expensive tax on it. As a result of this act, a group of American patriots, dressed as Mohawk warriors, boarded three English ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the water. The British government retaliated with a series of acts known as the Intolerable Acts.
The first acts were called the Coercive Acts.
The Boston Harbor was closed until the damages were paid, colonists were not allowed to hold meetings in Boston, British officials could not face prosecution in Massachusetts, and the Quartering Act which forced colonists to house British soldiers. After passing the Coercive Acts, the parliament then passed the Quebec Act, which gave land to the French in Quebec that American colonists wanted. The Boston Tea Party and the Acts that followed led directly to the American Revolution.
Instead of scaring the other colonies into backing down like the British had hoped, the colonies decided to help the city of Boston. They immediately rushed to their aid by sending them needed supplies. The colonies then formed a Provincial Congress which first met in 1774 in Philadelphia. There, they debated over what they were going to do about the English Parliament. They made a petition to repeal the Intolerable Acts, but it was unsuccessful. A second Continental Congress was then called for after the Revolutionary War had already
begun.