Boston Tea Party - World History Encyclopedia
WEBNov 24, 2023 · During the Boston Tea Party, the colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act of 1773, which had given the British East India Company a monopoly on the American tea trade and included a Parliamentary tax; the colonists viewed this as another attempt by Britain to dominate them.
Boston Tea Party ‑ Facts, Summary & Significance| HISTORY
WEBOct 27, 2009 · The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for...
Tea Act - Wikipedia
WEBThe Tea Act 1773 (13 Geo. 3. c. 44) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and …
Picturing a Revolution: Printmaking in the American Colonies
WEBCopper-plate images were printed on single sheets of paper. The printing press was the only practical way to make multiple copies of images in the American colonies. People also created printed images on flags.
The Boston Tea Party | DPLA - Digital Public Library of America
WEBOn December 16, 1773, over one hundred American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea (valued at approximately $1.7 million in today’s currency) into the water.
The Boston Tea Party reported the Boston Gazette
WEBThe following report of the Boston Tea Party appeared in the Boston Gazette. Boston Gazette of 20 December 1773. On Tuesday last the body of the people of this and all the adjacent towns, and others from the distance of twenty miles, assembled at the old south meeting-house, to inquire the reason of the delay in sending the ship Dartmouth, with ...
The Boston Tea Party - American Battlefield Trust
WEBApr 3, 2023 · When the tea ship Dartmouth finally laid anchor in Boston Harbor in late November 1773, thousands of people descended on the Old South Meeting House on the corner of Milk Street.
The Tea Act | Boston Tea Party Facts | 1773
WEBThe Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
Tea Act ‑ Definition, Timeline & Facts - HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · The Tea Act of 1773 was an act of Great Britain's Parliament to reduce the amount of tea held by the financially insecure British East India Company.
Boston 1773: The Destruction of the Tea - Massachusetts …
WEBIn November 1773, colonists knew tea was on its way and Boston patriots called a “tea meeting,” and demanded that the tea agents (including Governor Hutchinson's two sons) attend and publicly resign from their commissions.
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