On December 16, 1773 three ships from London carrying cargoes of British East India Company tea moored in Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party Facts). Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty had boarded these three ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard (The Boston Tea Party). This event is known as The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a key act of civil uprising, galvanizing Americans around the issue of taxation, and spurring them towards revolution. The Boston Tea Party was an essential step towards revolution.
The Boston Tea Party had served as a protest against taxation. Many factors including “taxation without representation”, the Townshend Revenue Act, and the Tea Act caused The Boston Tea Party (Boston Tea Party Facts). Many acts were put in place to control the colonies, but it only angered them. The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for their expenses. They also believed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the American colonies were not represented in Parliament (Boston Tea Party Facts). The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies (Townshend). Many Americans thought that placing this act was an abuse of …show more content…
(Haugen 18). “The colonies settled back down for two more years of relative peace and quiet, but that tax remained a thorn in the side (Thompson 18). The Tea Act of 1773 granted British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies (The Tea Act). Resentment ignited within the colonies over the tea act, spurring the events of the boston tea party. The Act had compelled the Sons of Liberty to disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians and board the three ships headed to Boston Harbor, destroying over 92,000 pounds of British East India Company Tea (The Tea
The Boston Tea Party had served as a protest against taxation. Many factors including “taxation without representation”, the Townshend Revenue Act, and the Tea Act caused The Boston Tea Party (Boston Tea Party Facts). Many acts were put in place to control the colonies, but it only angered them. The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for their expenses. They also believed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the American colonies were not represented in Parliament (Boston Tea Party Facts). The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies (Townshend). Many Americans thought that placing this act was an abuse of …show more content…
(Haugen 18). “The colonies settled back down for two more years of relative peace and quiet, but that tax remained a thorn in the side (Thompson 18). The Tea Act of 1773 granted British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies (The Tea Act). Resentment ignited within the colonies over the tea act, spurring the events of the boston tea party. The Act had compelled the Sons of Liberty to disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians and board the three ships headed to Boston Harbor, destroying over 92,000 pounds of British East India Company Tea (The Tea