Summary Of The Boston Tea Party

The American Revolution has its roots in 1585 when an expedition, guided by Sir. Walter Raleigh, founded the English colony of Virginia, and in 1620 when 105 Pilgrim Father landed in Massachusetts, from the Mayflower. They signing a pact which commitmented them to a creation of a civil political society. With time, there was the creation of 13 colonies. Despite the presence of a governor appointed by the King of England, the king gave substantial political freedom of self-government but certain restrictions contrasted with the home country are economics. The colonists were forced to trade only with mother land and pay strong taxes to her. The situation falls when in 1773 the tea monopoly commerce is controlled by the English company of the
The purpose of the Tea Act was to sell with more simplicities and to lower costs for the immense quantities of tea preserved in the stores in London and to fight the problem of smuggling tea in the colonies. All of this was seen by the colonists as an attempt to damage their commerce, often driven by the smuggling of tea. The solution was the action of protest remembered as the Boston Tea Party. In order to understand the cause for the protest of the Boston Tea Party, it’s important to investigate the continuous increase of the taxes on sugar, on coffee, on wine and on paper imposed from Great Britain. The colonists that participated in this act of rebellion belonged to the Sons of Liberty, a nationalistic group that didn't accept the English imposition. The Son of Liberty was a secret organization founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock in July of 1765 in Boston. They were established initially to oppose the Stamp Act and then increased protests always
Historians know the identity of all 180 people, but it’s possible there were more rebellious who wanted to keep their identity secret. The men were divided in three groups, one for each ship, with their own leader. Most of the known people were young apprentices, laborers, but also merchants, doctors and clerks. The most important presence in the revolution was Paul Revere. Paul Revere was a hero during the Boston Massacre that happened on April, 1775. The three groups, positioned at the Griffin's Wharf, climbed on board of the ships berthed in the harbor and once they conquer the ships, they began to throw the tea into the sea and destroying all the product. From here, the revolution got its name. The captains of the ships had to stay and watch without doing anything. The rebels were dressed as Indians, specifical Mohawk Indians. The idea come from Sarah Bradlee, also known as "Mother of the Boston Tea Party." She was in the Boston Daughters of Liberty. Her thought, dressing as Indians, would protect them for the British. This act was risky, if they were caught, they could die. The only person arrested was the Son of Liberty Francis Akeley, but he was released because there were not enough proof and there were no injuries except John Crane who was struck by a box that was falling