Boston Tea Party
Contents
Why Did the Boston Tea Party Happen?
Boston Massacre Enrages Colonists
Tea Act Imposed
Sons of Liberty
What Happened at the Boston Tea Party?
Boston Tea Party Aftermath
Coercive Acts
Second Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress Is Convened
Sources
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 imposing “taxation without representation,†dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
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