This Day in History: The Boston Tea Party
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This Day in History:
The Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773 A group of Massachusetts
colonists disguised as members
of the Mohawk tribe boarded
three British tea ships in Boston Harbor. They dumped 342 chests
of tea — valued at $18,000 —
into the harbor in protest of the
British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773. Colonists viewed the act
as another example of
British taxation tyranny. Outraged, British Parliament
enacted the Coercive Acts,
also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. Boston was closed to merchant
shipping, and a formal British military rule was established in Massachusetts. British officials were deemed
immune to criminal prosecution
in America, and colonists were
required to quarter British troops. In response, the colonists called
the first Continental Congress to
consider a united American
resistance to the British.
The Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773 A group of Massachusetts
colonists disguised as members
of the Mohawk tribe boarded
three British tea ships in Boston Harbor. They dumped 342 chests
of tea — valued at $18,000 —
into the harbor in protest of the
British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773. Colonists viewed the act
as another example of
British taxation tyranny. Outraged, British Parliament
enacted the Coercive Acts,
also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. Boston was closed to merchant
shipping, and a formal British military rule was established in Massachusetts. British officials were deemed
immune to criminal prosecution
in America, and colonists were
required to quarter British troops. In response, the colonists called
the first Continental Congress to
consider a united American
resistance to the British.