Boston Tea Party, 1773

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Boston Tea Party, 1773

• Dana Sneberger, period 4 APUSH

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The Beginning

• The British Parliament adopted the Tea Act in
  1773.
• In September of 1773, the East India Company sent
  half a million pounds of tea to Boston, New York,
  Philadelphia, and Charleston.
• For 20 days, the Bostonians tried to figure out
  how to make the tea ships leave the harbor and
  back to England, duties unpaid.

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December 16, 1773

• On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams
  gave a speech to a group of Bostonians.
• Afterwards, a group of men, some disguised as
  Indians, went down to the ships and tossed 90,000
  pounds of tea into the harbor.

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The End