The Boston Tea Party Was Not Only Extremely Illegal, But At The Same Time Justified

There are three ways that the colonist protested against the British which are the Boston Massacre, The Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party. One of the ways the colonist protested against the British is the Boston Massacre. They were mad that the soldiers because they took their jobs. The colonist were also mad at the British for stealing their goods from shops. They were also mad about the taxes. The colonists protested by a mob moving toward the customhouse where the British taxes were collected. The protesters picked up sticks, stones, and clubs. The crowd threw sticks and stones at the soldiers. They knocked down a British soldier. The British redcoats got mad and shot and killed 5 colonists which is why it was called a massacre.

The British had established a numerous amount of taxes, Townshend Acts, on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead. The colonies did not like these laws (Brooks). This shows that the laws were not a big hit, they made the citizens upset. The laws or acts were not popular to the people, especially in Boston. This resulted to send more british troops to Boston in 1268, to help promote the new taxes (Brooks). This proves that the citizens did not like these laws they wanted to change them so the colonist roited. Boston citizens responded to the act by protesting british imports and vowed to find ways to increase manufacturing to make them less dependent on British goods (Brooks). This explains that the citizens did not like these laws so they started protesting. The laws were not very popular, it led to the colonists

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

For instance, Boston and Bostonians were distrusted by other radicals in neighboring cities because the Bostonians opposed and revolted against non-importation treaties and legislations. According to Carp, Bostonians did not simply lead the violence against non-importation agreements; they also wanted to boast to other cities such as Philadelphia and New York that they (Bostonians) were of a tougher spirits and more courageous than the other cities. Boston was thus the ringleader of the many cities that constantly violated British trade agreements (Carp, 25, 191). Carp argues that the Boston Tea Party exemplifies the ordinary citizens’ capacity to mobilize one another, become rebellious, and fight for their independence and civil rights (Carp, 223).

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

Though many laws were passed taxing the colonists, America had no say in the British Parliament. Patrick Henry’s speech embodies this argument when he says “We have no representatives in the British Parliament…… The Stamp Act is against the law. We must not obey it” (Doc. 1). This act of defiance caught the colonists’ attention and made them feel that perhaps they could change the laws after all. Another act of defiance against the British was the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a riot against the British that involved colonists dumping tons of tea from British ships into the sea. Britain then passed a law that said that the Boston Harbor would be closed until the colonists paid for the tea. This angered the colonists even more, and eventually led to the Revolution. As you can see, many rebellious deeds inspired the colonists and helped them confront the British.

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

On December 16, 1773, American colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, and threw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest against Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, that was passed in order to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy. After the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed a series of laws that became known as the Intolerable or Coercive Acts, so that they could punish the Massachusetts colonists for their rebellious behavior. These series of acts consisted of the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act. With that being said, Massachusetts colonists felt outraged that Great Britain placed restrictions on their self-government

The Boston Tea Party was one of the first acts of defiance by the American Colonists against Great Britain. It was also an event that led to the independence of America. The Tea Party took place in the winter of December 16, 1773 in Boston, Massachusetts. In this event, American settlers did not want to pay the raising taxes of tea and other goods to the British Parliament, which led to the colonists sneaking on boats dressed as Native Americans, where they dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party was an act of terrorism under the Patriot Act because: they conspired to dump the tea into the harbor, attempted, and succeeded in dumping the tea into the harbor, and had the intent of committing a crime by carrying

Prior to the Revolution Boston had a lot of bad things happen to it.Many colonist were very upset and mad.Many of the people was protesting.

The Patriots demand liberty, freedom, consent, and representation in the colonies. As heard in the Provincial Congress, many Patriots want to revolt against the British tyranny. The Boston Tea Party is a prime example of the Patriot’s reaction to British rule. The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor due to the Tea Act. The British are threatening us with their standing armies and other unjust taxes, such as the Quartering Act and the Intolerable Acts. In the Consideration on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes, Daniel Dulany believes that “ a tax imposed by Parliament, is a tax without their consent” (Dulany 133), because there is no colonial representation

Due to disagreements with the taxes on tea from the Townsend Acts, Sam Adams lead a group of protestors to dump tea from a ship in the Boston harbor. As Jack Rakove says in his book, Revolutionaries, “Had the value of the tea not been so dear, the Boston Tea Party might be remembered, if at all, as a minor piece of political theater” (Rakove 30). The British were dealing with debt from the seven years’ war and saw this attack on their property a direct insult to their sovereignty. Unlike many Loyalist, the Patriots supported and respected the attack, as can be seen in an article by the Boston Gazette, where they say, “A number of brave & resolute men, determined to do all in their power to save their country from the ruin which their enemies

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". "

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