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    The Boston Tea Party was referred to by John Adams as the destruction of the Tea in Boston. A group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.They were in protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16,1773.What were the causes of the Boston Tea Party? Exactly what happened at the Boston Tea Party? What were the effects of the Boston Tea Party? What were the causes of the Boston Tea Party?The beginning

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    Margaret Mead, the American Cultural Anthropologists, summarize most historical events where people unite towards a purpose. The cultural identity of a country is molded when its people unite for a cause; one such event is the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea party is an important watershed in American history, one that determined the American identity forever. The establishment of independence from British colonization however did not happen overnight. The uprising was organized, carried out, and

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    the Stamp Act, which required colonists to pay fees for any printed documents. Afterwards, Parliament granted the British East India Company to sell directly to colonists, causing the tea to become cheaper, but still taxed. This lead to the Boston Tea Party, a protests by the colonists where they dumped 300 cases of tea into water. They wanted Parliament to know how they breached their

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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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    propagate rebellion. Originally known as “The Loyal Nine,” the Sons of Liberty was first established in the summer of 1765 in order to oppose the various taxations Great Britain had placed upon the colonies (“Sons of Liberty”; "Taxation and Colonial Protests"). The Sons of Liberty got their name came from a speech given in British Parliament by Isaac Barre referring to the general populous as “Sons of Liberty” ("Sons of Liberty"). However, the term “Sons of Liberty” could refer to anyone within this

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    Taking a Stand Against Britain and the Tea Tax: The Boston Tea Party On the cold night of December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dumped about forty-six tons of British tea into the Boston Harbor, destroying the boxes and turning the water brown; however, this was not a violent protest. Many of them did not want any damage to be done to the three ships carrying the tea, the last of which had just arrived that morning. During the entire event, only a few people got injured. Most of the protesters

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    Boston tea party During the American Revolution The Boston Tea Party refers to the political protest initiated by the Sons of Liberty on 16th December, 1773 in Boston (Savelle & Labaree, 1966). The protestors, disguised often as American Indians, dumped the entire tea shipment into the Boston Harbor sent by East India Company into the water. This protest was in reaction and showing the noncooperation towards the Tea Act enacted on 10th May, 1773. In reaction to this event, the British government

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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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    Tea is for those against Liberty The Boston Tea Party was ultimately an American act defying taxation. The British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773 inhibited the colonists from paying normal prices for not only tea, but also stamps and sugar. Both sides, the British and the colonists, were affected in paramount effect. The colonists didn’t feel that they deserved the unjust taxes placed upon them while the British had a major debt after the war that they attempted to diminish. The combination of these

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    The Boston Tea Party Taking Place In US History The Boston tea party took place on December 16, 1773, when a protest against tea taxation became a law; the protesters threw many chests of teas into the Boston harbor. And started drinking smuggles tea. That’s when the Boston tea party took place in us history. The people didn’t buy tea, so it declined the sales of tea by 70 percent. Then a law in 1773 was passed, the law was called the tea act. Which was passed to lower the prices on tea, or they

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