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The
Boston Tea Party
and Intolerable Acts
1773
What was Boston Tea Party?
How was the Tea Party significant
to the American Revolution?
*After the Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and Boston Massacre, many taxes that colonists were paying were REPEALED (this means taken back). However, the tax on tea imported from England was still enforced.
For years,
colonists
avoided
British tea tax
by smuggling
in Dutch tea
through the
Caribbean.
In 1773, British Parliament
passed the Tea Act. They
allowed the East India
Company of Britain to sell tea
in the colonies at an
extremely low price.
Taxed tea sold
by East India Company
$
Smuggled tea
from the Caribbean
$
The Tea Act made British tea
(with the tax) less expensive
than the smuggled tea from
the Caribbean.(Answer Question 1,2)
I know the British tea is cheaper than the tea from the Caribbean.
But I refuse to give any of my money to
King George or British Parliament!
Colonists still boycotted the British
tea, even though it actually cost less.
Answer question 3!
Ships filled with tea
from England sat in Boston
Harbor.
Merchants refused to sell
the tea, so there was no
place to unload it from the
boats.
On December 16, 1773, dozens of Sons of Liberty
(Rebels!) boarded the ships illegally.
They were disguised as
Native Americans.
They destroyed the tea by
throwing it into the harbor.
This event became known as
The Boston Tea Party
Answer Question 4
British Parliament
punished the
colonists
for the Tea Party.
Closed Boston Harbor and stopped all trade between
Boston and Britain
Sent more soldiers to Boston and enforced the Quartering Act
Made it illegal for Massachusetts to have town meetings. The government of Massachusetts was controlled by the
English appointed governor.
Punishment for
the colonies:
QUESTION 5
The colonists
responded to the
Intolerable Acts
(Coercive Acts) by
gathering for the
First
Continental Congress.
The First Continental Congress
Colonists sent delegates to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress:(ANSWER QUESTION 7)• Delegates wrote a letter to King George• Said colonists should have the same rights
as other British citizens• Asked parliament and King George to stop
taxing the colonies without representation in parliament
• Asked to repeal the Intolerable Acts
Colonists begin training
for battle in case
of war with
Britain
King George
plans to send
more soldiers.
He declared that
the colonists had
begun a rebellion.
THIS INFORMATION GOES WITH QUESTION 8!