Boston Tea Party

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Boston Tea Party

• By Geza
• December 10,2008

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• The Boston Tea Party occurred on Thursday,
  December 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor, Boston,
  Massachusetts.

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• After French and Indian War conclusion in 1763,
  King George III and his government looked to
  taxing the American colonies as a way of paying
  their war costs. 5
• But it was the Crown's attempt to tax tea that
  spurred the colonists to action and laid the
  groundwork for the American Revolution. 5

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• In previous years, the 13 colonies saw a number
  of commercial tariffs including 5
• Sugar Act of 1764, which taxed sugar, coffee, and
  wine.
• Stamp Act of 1765, which put a tax on all printed
  matter, such as newspapers and playing cards.
• Townshend Acts of 1767 which placed taxes on
  items like glass, paints, paper, and tea.
• The Tea Act of 1773 was the last straw.

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• The Sons of Liberty had secret meetings at which
  they discussed how best to get their message
  across to Great Britain, that the American people
  wanted more of a role in governing themselves.
• Samuel Adams organized a boycott of tea from
  China sold by the British East India Company,
  whose sales in the colonies then fell from
  900,000 pounds in 1769 to 237,000 pounds in just
  3 years.9

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• Three ships from London, the Dartmouth, the
  Eleanor and the Beaver, sailed into Boston Harbor
  from November 28th to December 8, 1773, carrying
  the tea across the Atlantic. 8

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• Dartmouths captain Hall, carried 114 chest of
  tea, the ship arrived on Sunday November 28th.7
• Eleanors captain Coffin, carried 114 chest of
  tea, the ship arrived on Thursday December
  2nd.7
• Beavers captain Bruce, carried 112 chest of tea,
  the ship arrived on Wednesday December 15th. 7

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• Loaded with tea from the East India Company, they
  were all anchored at Griffins Wharf but were
  prevented from unloading their cargo at Boston
  harbor. 8

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• Demanding that the tea be returned to where it
  came from or face consequences, the Sons of
  Liberty, led by Samuel Adams began to meet to
  determine the fate of the three cargo ships in
  the Boston harbor. 8

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• Sons of Liberty dumping the tea in to the harbor.
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• By nine o'clock p.m., the Sons of Liberty had
  emptied a total of 340 crates of tea into Boston
  Harbor. 8

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• Some Sons of Liberty would mix the tea in the sea
  so nobody would see it.
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• Some Boston citizens cheered as the Sons of
  Liberty dumped tea in to the harbor.
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• Because the Sons of Liberty were disguised as
  Native Americans, they could claim that they were
  not guilty of dumping the tea. 2
• A British tax collector saw the Sons of Liberty
  dumping the tea in to the sea. He told them that
  they would have to pay all the taxes for the lost
  tea. 2

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• Then the very next year saw the passage of what
  came to be called the Intolerable Acts, one of
  which closed the port of Boston entirely.
• The Boston Tea Party has been seen as helping
  spark the American Revolution!!

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References

• www.howtoboilafrog.com/images/frogblog/boston_tea.
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• www.library.thinkquest.org
• www.socialstudiesforkids.com
• www.acedemickids.com
• www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm
• www.iboston.org/mcp.php?pidbostonTeaParty
• www.boston-tea-party.org/martmouth.html
• www.bostonteapartyship.com/history.asp
• www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_teaprty.html