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The Boston Tea Party During The Revolutionary War

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The Boston Tea Party was a main event of the Revolutionary war. With this act, the colonists started a violent part in the revolution. It was the first time a colonist rebelled violently against their own government. The Townshend Duty act passed taxes on lead, paint, paper and tea which lead to mass meetings being held where people would try to convince others to not buy English imported goods anymore. Parliament removed all taxes except for tea taxes, but colonists didn't want to pay taxes to a government that they don't belong to. Sam Adams
(leader of the colonists) informed the colonists that they had no representation in the Parliament, but there were no American Colonists in the British parliament which led to the No Taxation Without …show more content…

The British government made the formal announcement two months later and with that they got aboard on an effort to crack down on the disruptive colonists. On April 1, 1774, the commanders closed the harbor of Boston. Four new divisions of British soldiers arrived in Boston. General Thomas Gage took place of Thomas Hutchinson as governor and Benjamin Franklin who represented Massachusetts at that time, was attacked in Parliament for spreading material that showed the governor Hutchinson in a bad view. The rebellion against colonial rule and following crackdown by the British government shocked the colonies in their opposition to the Crown, visible by protests against tea in places outside Massachusetts. Other tea shipments intended for the colonies were forced to return to Britain. In Charleston, the British imported tea made it off the boats but not out of the warehouses where it was stored and kept. Ten months after the Boston Tea Party, the First Continental Congress met in September 1774. The Declaration of Independence came less than two years after that. The colonies were on their way to fully rebell and end independence, and the Boston Tea Party remains a original moment in the development of the nation. The Americans were tired of the cruel power by the British and continued to fight back. Eventually war became the only way to solve the disagreement. The …show more content…

Maybe they had tried other ways to make their views heard and this was the only way they could make their point. If they were willing to be held money responsible for what they did, then I would say they were actually right to protest this way. Civil disobedience that accepts the consequences for such wrong behavior is a better way of protesting. People who are willing to stand up for what they believe and take the punishment for their belief is what this country needs. The lack of these people is the problem, not the people who make a stand. The Patriots worked on making a plan that would allow the ships to leave with the tea, the Governor did not agree. They did not want the tea to be unloaded and they didn't want to be responsible. The refusal was the reason for the party so in conclusion I believe that the Boston Tea Party was a spark for one of the most important events that ever took place in the history of the founding of America. The Boston Tea Party was one of the more powerful and remarkable messages sent to Great Britain to let them know that the colonies of America were going to do what it took to be independent from

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