WHAT IS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

• A symbolic event of the American Revolution• Major milestones that lead to the

most famous American protest

EVENTS LEADING TO THE BOSTON TEA PARTY• Many factors including “taxation without

representation,” the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act, and the 1773 Tea Act. • The British India Company had controlled all tea

trading between India and British colonies• It was going to force the colonist to buy their tea with

high tax• As a result of tea tax, the colonies refused to buy the

British Tea• Colonist boycotted

• The Boston Tea Party was a direct response from colonist who opposed tea which taxed by someone other than their own representives.

TOWNSHEND ACTS REPEALED

• Tea tax is kept for two reasons.

1- The tax provides a lot of money for British Government.2- Symbolic of Parliament retaining their right to tax the colonies.

WHO ORGANIZED THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

• The Boston Tea Party was organized and carried out by a group of Patriots led by Samuel Adams known as the Sons of Liberty.• The Sons of Liberty were

made up of males from all walks of colonial society.

HOW DID IT DEVELOP ?• On the evening of

December 16, 1773.• A group of men calling

themselves the Sons of Liberty went to the Boston Harbor.• The man were dressed as

Mohawk Indian. This is what the colonists dressed up like.

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• They boarded three British merchant ships in Boston Harbor.• They threw 342 cases of tea into

the sea.

The colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.

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The crowd gathered to cheer on and support what the Sons of Liberty were doing.

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‘’I HOPE THAT KING GEORGE LIKES SALT OF TEA INTO THE SEA.’’

WHAT DAMAGE DID THE BOSTON TEA PARTY CAUSE?

• It took nearly three hours for more than 100 colonists to empty the tea into Boston Harbor. The chests held more than 90,000 lbs. (45 tons) of tea, which would cost nearly $1,000,000 dollars today.

• The British Admiral watched the whole fleet from an upstairs windows.• After they cleaned of the

ship’s decks.• They marched back in a

single file line.

• Soon after The Tea Party that night a song was heard all through the town.

Rally, Mohawks! Bring out your axes and tell King George We will pay no taxes! On his foreign tea!

FRAGMENT OF A RALLYING SONG OF THE TEA PARTY AT THE GREEN DRAGON

Rally Mohawks! bring out your axes,And tell King George we'll pay no taxes

On his foreign tea;His threats are vain, and vain to thinkTo force our girls and wives to drink

His vile Bohea!Then rally boys, and hasten on

To meet our chiefs at the Green Dragon.Our Warren's there, and bold Revere,With hands to do, and words to cheer,

For liberty and laws;Our country's "braves" and firm defenders

Shall ne'er be left by true North-EndersFighting Freedom's cause!

Then rally boys, and hasten onTo meet our chiefs at the Green Dragon.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Tea Leaves by Francis Drake; http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24321

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE TEA PARTY?

• Boston Harbor was closed to all trade until the tea was paid for.• More soldiers

were sent.

• In September 1774, a group of colonial leaders came together in Philadelphia.• They formed the First

Continental Congress to oppose what they saw as British oppression.• Impact of the Boston Tea

Party was enormous ultimately leading to the sparking of the American Revolution which began in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.

THIS EVENT BECAME KNOWN AS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

THERE IS A MUSEUM ABOUT BOSTON TEA PARTY

SOURCES

• An Illustrated History of the USA, an Paper (Longman Background Books) 1st Edition by Bryn O'Callaghan (Author)

• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/• http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/sons-of-liberty• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/participants-in-the-boston-tea-party• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-facts• http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/gastudiesimages/Boston%20Tea%20Party

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