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    Boston Tea Party What ?:The Boston Tea Party was a protest with the American Colonists against the British government. They protested by going on three trade ships in Boston Harbor and throwing tea overboard into the ocean. Some of the american colonists were dressed as Mohawk Indians,to symbolize freedom. When ?:The Boston Tea Party took place on Thursday December 16,1773. Where ?:This all happened in Boston in the boston Harbor, on 3 boats,which were called the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the

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    The Boston Tea Party By Frankie Introduction With the conflict between the British and the colonies intensifying over the rights of “taxation without representation”, both sides continued building more tension that lead up to the Boston Massacre. In this event, the British fired into a crowd of Boston Citizens killing five colonists and leading to a trial against the British soldiers. Now with the lack of the colonist 's concede to the British demands, this lead the colonist refusing to pay taxes

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    Boston Tea Party Historical Society As a little girl, I believed that The Boston Tea Party was just that, a tea party. But it was not just any tea party that I had envisioned; it was the most decedent tea party to ever grace the earth. It had everything, from hand painted china to crisp white table clothes. There were over a hundred varieties of tea, each one having been imported from a different location. China, France, Italy, England, you name it. The women that attended this tea party were well

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    2015 The Actions That Led to Boston Tea Party: 1773 On December 16, 1773, American Patriots disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians boarded the ships of the East Indian Company docked in the Boston Harbor, and poured all the tea that was on the three ships into the ocean. They emptied three-hundred forty-two chests of tea which was valued at more than 10,000 pounds. This event became known as the Boston Tea Party. It was a reaction to the Tea Act of 1773. The Tea Party was the key event that started

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    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

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    three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. The Sons of Liberty were a secret society that came together to protect the rights, freedom, and liberty of the colonists. Among the Sons of Liberty were artisans, craftsmen, doctors, lawyers, business owners, common men, ect. What caused the Boston Tea party? There were several factors that keyed in to create the general cause of the Boston Tea party. One cause was that the Patriots had been smuggling tea for years before the

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    oppressed, and overlooked colonists dumped 342 boxes of tea from Britain into the cold, dark depths of the Boston Harbor. The British Parliament had been gradually raising the colonists’ taxes, taxing anything that could possibly be taxed, continually pushing the colonists to the edge of rebellion. The Tea Act was passed on May 10, 1773, granting the British East India Trading Company a government sanctioned monopoly on tea, forcing the colonists to buy tea from Britain alone. Although it didn’t create any

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    Boston Tea Party The colonies owned by Britain in North America, sought independence. Between the 1760s to present day a lot has changed. The effects of the Boston Tea Party have thrived throughout America ever since.The Boston Tea Party was a significant event in U.S. history, largely because of tea’s importance at that time, the acts of rebellion that occurred during the tea party, and the impacts they had on shaping today’s society. Carp stated that around the early 1580’s, Europeans adopted

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    The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16, 1773, and is marked as one of the greatest catalysts of the American Revolution. Colonists were enraged by British taxation without proper representation after the French and Indian war. The war had cost the crown dearly and in response, parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765 and the Townsend Revenue Acts in 1767 as an effort to replenish their depleted treasury. Parliament retraced the Stamp Act and the taxes put in place by the Townsend Acts, except

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    full of battles and freedom fighters. From the Boston tea party to voting rights. America fought against a king who was unfair and unjust. They may have had a civil war but it was also for the idea that rights were being taken away. The country has many amazing historical characters that made it the country it is today. This paper will discuss the Boston Tea Party, George Washington’s inaugural address, his warnings upon leaving office as well as the Boston Massacre, the Battles of Lexington and Concord

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