The Boston Tea party (1773)
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Boston Tea Party
A major protest against British taxes.
Boston Tea Party date
December 16, 1773.
Boston Tea Party location
Griffin’s Wharf, Boston.
Cause of the Boston Tea Party
Anger over taxation without representation.
Tea Act purpose
Help the East India Company sell taxed tea.
Why tea was targeted
Tea was popular and symbolized British control.
Build up to the protest
Meetings at Old South Meeting House failed.
Who planned the protest
Sons of Liberty.
Disguise used
Mohawk Indians.
Ships involved
Dartmouth, Eleanor, Beaver.
What happened to the tea
340 crates dumped into the harbor.
British reaction
Passed the Coercive Acts.
Coercive Acts purpose
Punish Boston and tighten control.
Colonial response
Colonies united against Britain.
Why it mattered
Pushed colonies toward revolution.
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