TORCHIA giulia - Boston Tea Party

Created by Giulia Torchia

BOSTON TEA PARTY

• 3 CONSEQUENCES
• The Intolerable Acts (1774)
• BOSTON PORT BILL
• Increased Colonial Unity
• Escalation Toward the American Revolution

• LONG-TERM RELEVANCE
• remains a powerful symbol of protest against unfair government policies
• INSPIRED MODERN POLITICAL MOVEMENT = TEA PARTY MOVEMENT IN THE USA
• REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION AND THE RIGHT TO REACT AGAINST UNFAIR GOVERNMENTS

• DEFINITION
• DECEMBER 16th , 1773
• BOLD REBELLION BY 60 AMERICAN COLONISTS AGAINST BRITISH TAXATION POLICIES.
• 342 CHEST OF TEA valued at £18,000, DUMPED INTO BOSTON HARBOUR

• CONTEXT
• few years before the American revolution in 1775
• discontent caused by The townshend act 1767 imposed by the British Parliament
• colonial resistance and smuggling to avoid taxation and east India company monopoly

• 3 CAUSES
• tea act 1773
• taxation without respresentation
• monopoly of the east India company on the trade of tea

WORKS CITED

• https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Intolerable-Acts
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tea-Party-movement