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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