Tea Party Dbq

Actually, there was no violence at all after the Boston Tea Party. As most people that commit a heinous crime leave the scene, the people who participated in the Tea Party also left after they committed the crime. They did not stick around to talk about what they just did, they went to their homes and laid low. One of the members mentioned, “We then quietly retired to our several places of residence, without having any conversation with each other, or taking any measures to discover who were our associates… There appeared to be an understanding that each individual should volunteer his services, keep his own secret, and risk the consequence for himself. No disorder took place during that transaction, and it was observed at that time that the stillest night ensued that Boston had enjoyed for many months” (The Aftermath). Not a single person was killed or injured. Not any crew members from any of the ships were injured or killed from this event. “For weeks after the Boston Tea Party, Boston Harbor smelled as a result of over 92,000 pounds of tea dumped into the harbor” (The Aftermath). They dumped so much tea into the harbor, that people were trying to come in and get it off of the top of the water, but the Sons of Liberty would go around in their boats and hit the water to try and make the tea sink. The results and impact of the Tea Party played a big part in leading up to the American Revolution.

American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked A Revolution written by Harlow Giles Unger offers an in-depth analysis of the Boston Tea Party. Unger organizes the events in chronological order starting 30 years before the Boston Tea Party occurred. In the end he touches upon the aftermath of the journey towards self-government. The book presents many engaging details and provides the reader with more of a storytelling feel. He describes the colonists hard times and anger towards being taxed by British Parliament. Unger adds insights and conclusions about various topics and the people surrounding the rebellion, which was one of his goals in his writing. He wanted to tell of the untold Tea Party 's impact on American history politically, socially, and economically. The book was intended for the general public, because he wrote “ironically, few, if any Americans today… know the true and entire story of the Tea Party and the Patriots who staged it” (4).

You might think that the Boston Tea Party was just some irregular people dumping tea in the sea. But, actually it was a protest about the awful taxes that were put on the British tea. So, a group of patriots called the Sons of Liberty decided to dump the tea into the Boston Harbor. The Sons of Liberty and colonists wanted to prove a point that the taxes were atrocious and the British’s taxes on the tea were stealing their business. They indeed dumped tea into the sea, but the whole point was to protest the British and their taxes. The Sons of Liberty were the people who did the tea dumping process and the tea

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts on December 16, 1773. The citizens of the colonies felt cheated due to the lack of representation in Parliament which caused unfair taxes colonists could not do anything about. In their opinion, they were British citizens as well and deserved the same rights given to those back in the mother country and to not have “virtual representation” where members of Parliament were chosen to speak for those across the sea instead of an election to decide who holds their seat in office. Therefore, when a shipment of highly overpriced tea, due to taxes, docked at the harbor, the Sons of Liberty paraded in dressed as American Indians and in a matter of three hours

Civil disobedience, which is when a person or a group of people protest against laws, taxes, etc. in a peaceful manner, has been displayed many times in the past. One of these instances included a memorable American event: the Boston Tea Party. During the Revolutionary War (1770s), Britain had colonization of America, commonly referred to as the Thirteen Colonies. The British East India Company, who performed commerce with Asia, were having monetary issues, so they needed to find a way to get revenue. In May 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act, which gave the BEIC a portion of the American tea trade. However, this act did not put colonists at ease, because even the cheapest sellers could have lost business to the company (who now had better

One example being the Boston Massacre in March of 1770. While starting with a crowd of Boston boys and men surrounding a group of British soldiers taunting and cursing them. Soon order was lost and the British took open fire and with several dead and many wounded trust with each other broke even more. With a famous engraving by Paul Revere, that was sent through the colonies, anti-British feelings began to stir. Though the engraving was not an accurate representation of what had really happened. Three years later on December 16 a rally in the Boston harbor took place. This rally, known as the infamous Boston Tea Party, had begun with roughly a hundred Bostonians, disguised in native American garb they tossed the crates filled with British tea into the ocean water. This tea, seen as a symbol to both the rich and poor colonists, was a perfect way to rally against the British for their taxation laws. Though the colonists did not get the reaction they had been wanting. The following year “intolerable acts” had been passed. These acts soon caused a heavy decline in American imports as the harbor had been closed until damages had been paid and order ensured. All previous actions making the already thinning trust begin to thin more and

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS- November of 1773 an event happened that changed the colonist’s lives forever. During this time the Tea Act was taking place. This helped the British East Tea company by enabling them to send tea straight to the colonies, whereas they usually had to send the tea to England, then on to the colonies. The Parliament thought the colonist would like this change, but because they had to pay the duty, or import tax, which did not sit well with them, they were not so gracious with this decision. They started boycotting English goods, including the tea. Later in the month of November the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and went on the ship containing the tea, and dumped hundreds beyond hundreds of boxes of tea off of the boat.

They formed many groups and executed riots to protest against this serious disregard of human rights and pride. One way they combated this crude injustice was The Boston Tea Party. At this time, Britain was taxing America’s tea heavily, an imposition that the colonists did not agree to. Rebels involved were members of The Sons of Liberty, colonists vying for freedom and individual rights. The rebels dressed as Native Americans and stormed an incoming boat carrying a fresh load of tea. They dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor as a form of protest; a refusal to pay Britain’s taxes. John Adam, in The Boston Tea Party (Doc. 2) concludes that Britain’s actions have created a much larger and public form of protest. More rebels were coming out into the open as the revolution gains momentum. This proves that the taxation aggravated the colonists as the abuse accumulated, urging them towards rebellion. Colonists also took up tarring as a form of discipline as a response to taxes created during the Stamp Acts. Angry Americans poured hot tar over tax collectors and covered them in feathers to express their displeasure at the imposed taxes. Those fortunate enough to avoid this public humiliation fled or became too scared to go about their collecting duties. In a letter from John Hancock regarding the Stamp Act (Doc. 4), he stresses that these taxes wrongly pressed upon them didn’t have to be

The Boston Massacre took place after British soldiers were antagonized and became fed up. The soldiers opened fire and in the end eleven men were hit and five of them died. This stoked the flames of fury in the British colonies. One colonist said, “The fatal fifth of March, 1770, can never be forgotten. The horrors of that fateful night are but too deeply impressed on our hearts” (Document 6-2). People could not accept this terrible treatment from Britain any longer. Colonists took the opportunity to protest when news of the Tea Tax spread throughout the colonies. It was seen as “an insidious plot to trick Americans into buying the duties tea” (Roark 142). On the last day to pay the duties for British tea, around 150 men dressed as indigenous people dumped every last ounce of tea into the Boston Harbor. It was a political demonstration that showed the British that their taxes would not be tolerated. The protestors “rowed them [the boats] into those parts of the harbor wherever the tea was visible, and by beating it with oars and paddles, so thoroughly drenched it, as to render its entire destruction inevitable…” (Document 6-3). The goal to make a point was successful, but it came with intense repercussion, which the colonists also rebelled against. In summary, tensions between the British and their colonists were caused by Britain’s unsavory actions, primarily

The Boston Tea Party was not only extremely illegal, but at the same time justified. In the 1770’s, it was not rare for the people to be “sheep” with a “shepherd” nearby. Although the people of Boston did well to follow rules and guidelines, there was always one more rule added to the book. The people were almost comparable to slaves. This is because there were always strict rules and many laws. As the people of Boston had grown angered by the government, they had soon enough been pushed over the line. Taxes began to rain down upon them, not only increasing in price but spreading from item to item. It was only when the people decided that they had enough that the future plans were set in motion. They would find ways to rebel the government and show them that they were no longer to be pushed around. These acts would not be simple tasks and would require participants that are brave and strong-hearted. The protesters will come together to rebel the unfair taxes. In order to accomplish these tasks, they needed to have a way to orderly plan attacks, people whom spirits may not be crushed easily, dedication to the movement, and a constant thirst for change.

This was not an issue that was faced by the natives of Great-Britain at the time, but was something that the colonies had to deal with as a constant in the colonies. The Stamp Act, The Sugar Act and The Quartering Act were all examples of the Monarchy imposing tax after tax, and the caldron of discontent began to boil. The Boston Tea party perpetrated by the Sons of Liberty, led by John Adams in 1793 was in protest which destroyed an entire shipment of tea  delivered by the East India Trading company was a non-violent protest to the Tea Act. As the taxes grew, the anger grew within the colonies and spilled out on to the streets in bloody confrontation such as the Boston Massacre. "Years of conflict with royal officials , combined with a growing population of poor and under employed, had made Boston the most radical and united spot in the colonies". "

Three years after the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party occurred on the night of December 16, 1773, when I was 17 years old. The Boston Tea Party was regulated by Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty with an intention to fight against the British associated with the tea taxes. The colonists protested by wearing costumes, boarding the ships, and dumping the tea cargo which was worth 18,000 dollars. Hundreds of people were engaged in this protest

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Because of Britain?s unfair taxes and laws the colonists reacted in several different ways. Some reactions were economic, some were written, some were political and some were even violent. One reaction was to the taxes put on tea. The colonists had the Boston Tea Party in which colonists dressed as Indians and dumped hundreds of crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. (Doc#6) One form of violent protest was tarring and feathering. (Doc#2) It happened to a British customs inspector named John Malcom. He was stripped naked tarred and feathered, and dragged around town by horse drawn cart. (Doc#3) Another form of violent protest was when a stuffed dummy was hung in Boston representing a British tax collector named Andrew Oliver. Later that same night, his house was torn down in minutes by protesters. (Doc#4) A form of boycott was organized by the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. They made a poster saying not to buy anything from William Jackson, that if they did they would bring disgrace to

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