Boston Tea Party
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- He can't do that!
- BoycottsWhen the Stamp Act was passed, the colonists began to protest against it. It added taxes on all printed paper, so they stood up and protested against it. They decided to make an economic boycott which intensified more the colonial protests against British taxes.
- Tea ActThe Acts main purpose was to bail out the East India company and to pay off all their debt.
- Meeting The Sons of Liberty had been secretly planning a last resort alternative measure to prevent the unloading of the British East India Company tea if all diplomatic negotiations with government officials failed.
- Tea Party(Before)Before the Tea Party colonial merchants purchased tea directly from British markets or smuggled from illegal markets.
- Tea Party(After)The Sons of Liberty dumped 96,000 lbs of tea into the Boston Harbor, and they dressed as Native Americans.
- Intolerable ActsThe Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British specifically passed for the crime of the Boston Tea Party and they closed the Boston Harbor. The Quartering Act was passed allowing British soldiers to occupy any dwelling in British America.The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British specifically passed for the crime of the Boston Tea Party and they closed the Boston Harbor. The Quartering Act was passed allowing British soldiers to occupy any dwelling in British America.
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