Boston Tea Party

justified in rebelling against the British government. Colonist believed that the government was unfair because the king created unfair laws such as the Townshend Act of 1767 and the Tea Act, and the British caused the Boston Massacre. The Townshend Act of 1767 placed taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint and tea that were imported into the colonies. The Townshend Act was a new way to generate tax revenue in the colonies after the Stamp Act was repealed. This act started new ways to force…

Beginning in the middle of 1765, the Sons of Liberty were a secret political organization made up of colonial patriots. The secret organization was founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock inside of Boston, Massachusetts. The Sons of Liberty was organized as a means to protest the recent tax on anything printed on paper, known as the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act had been pressed upon American’s without the consent of the colonial legislature. Because of this, several colonists wanted to rebel…

This act places taxes on imported glass, tea, lead, paper, and paint. The money being raised from this act would help pay for the war debt. British Officials used writs of assistance to basically enforce this act. Colonist hated this act because they felt as if it violated their constitutional…

significance to the King of England revolting against the colonists. The French and Indian War, The Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Tea Act, Stamp Act,Townshend Act, Boston Massacre,Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts. The Boston Massacre is the most important to the cause of The American Revolution. To began at my first importance would be the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was the most important and significant to the King of England, King George. It started in 1770 the main…

Patriots disguised as Indians boarded three British ships in the Boston Harbor and dumb overboard 342 chests filled with 42 tons of tea. The Boston Tea party pushed British officials to the breaking point. The destruction of so much valuable tea led to a forceful response. The Coercive Acts were in affect in 1774. The Boston Port Act closed the Boston Harbor until the tea was completely paid for. The First Continental Congress was assembled in 1774. Thousands of ordinary…

Colonel and former president, George Washington once says, “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth (Brainyquotes 1).” Similarly, the American Revolution’s ideal of the war being irrepressible rapidly grew. To continue with this idea, the British, or the Parliament did not see their acts towards the colonists as unlawful, and saw this to be legally justified. The causes of war due to a religious awakening, the British disrespecting the colonists such as levy taxes, no…

were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor. The colonists had thrown the cheap tea into the sea! For North, the colonists’ actions, instead of being thankful. They have gone too far. The Intolerable Acts were designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.The first law closed Boston Harbor to all shipping until the ruined tea was paid for. The second law placed the government of Massachusetts firmly under…

The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quebec Act and Quartering Acts were set forth in order to punish the town of Boston, all colonies viewed these acts as unconstitutional. In his 1776 “Virginia Declaration of Rights,” George Mason wrote, “That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.” The Boston Port Act…

helped grow and inspire the sense of resistance that was already out there. “As the political controversies surrounding the Sugar, Stamp and Townshend acts fluctuated in the late 1760s, the presence of large contingents of British troops in NY and Boston became a constant source of irritation” (Ghere and Spreeman 10). The stamp, sugar and Townshend acts all created by the government created a shift in the way people viewed…

passes the new law called the Tea Act. The law granted a British company the monopoly on the tea trade of America, so the company launched delivering tea to American colonies free from England taxes. The American settlers were furious because other tea dealers still must pay taxes to England. American people flatly refused to buy any tea and rejected to unload the goods from the British ships. So in the end, some Sons of Liberty members dumped a tea overboard in the Boston Harbor. This symbolic…