The American Revolution - The Boston Tea Party 1773

The American revolution

The Boston tea party 1773

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Introduction

Context

Why?

index

What?

Consequences

Nowadays

Sources

THANKS

Introduction

-> Major act against Great Britain -> Innitiated the fight for Independence under the same goal -> 342 chests of tea dumped into Boston Harbor

Context

• 1773 -> Massachusetts Bay's capital -> Governor Thomas Hutchinson -> The Crown
• Great Britain is in debt
• The Stamp Act 1765
• The Townshend Act 1767
• “Taxation without representation”
• The Boston Massacre 5 March 1770
• Tea act 1773

Why?

• The Governor allowed the ships into the Harbor and ordered to taxes to be paid

What happened?

• 16 december 1773
• The Sons of Liberty (led by Samuel Adams)
• $ 18.000 worth of 45 tons of tea in the water

Consequences

Not everyone is on their side -> George Washington against their “their conduct in destroying the Tea”

The Coercive Acts

• Shut down of Boston Harbor until the tea is paid for
• End of Massachusetts Constitution
• Quartering of British troops
• Religious changements
• Appointed leader by the Crown

Outraged of the Parliament

The crown's 'tyranny' is seen

• Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda in the song Cabinet Battle 1 : "Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whisky"

• Assassin's Creed III - 2012

Nowadays

Pop-culture

Sources

• https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-tea-party
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party
• https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-facts
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre

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