Boston Tea Party - 06/13/25

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Old South Meeting House

Built in Boston in 1729; used as a colonial meeting site

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Samuel Adams

Colonial leader and founding father who led protests against British taxes

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Why colonists gathered

To discuss how to oppose British tea taxes legally

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The Dartmouth

British ship that tried to unload taxed tea in Boston

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Colonists' fear

Once the tea was unloaded, it would be taxed and accepted

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Boston Tea Party

A protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

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Date of Boston Tea Party

December 16, 1773

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Cause of the protest

British taxes on imported tea without colonial consent

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Effect of the protest

Increased tensions with Britain and moved colonies closer to war

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