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Discusses the causes, events, and aftermath of the dumping of tea cargo into the waters of Boston port in 1773.
Author : Norma R. Fryatt
Publisher : Auerbach Publications
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 11,6 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :
Discusses the causes, events, and aftermath of the dumping of tea cargo into the waters of Boston port in 1773.
Author : Jeane Joyce
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781477434024
What's so special about Boston Tea Party?In this new, compelling book from author Jeane Joyce, find out more about Boston Tea Party ...The Boston Tea Party, referred to in its time simply as "the destruction of the tea" or by other names, and not celebrated until half a century later, was a direct action by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and other political protests often refer to it.The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act for a variety of reasons, especially because they believed that it violated their right to be taxed only by their own elected representatives. Protesters had successfully prevented the unloading of taxed tea in three other colonies, but in Boston, embattled Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused to allow the tea to be returned to Britain. He apparently did not expect that the protestors would choose to destroy the tea rather than concede the authority of a legislature in which they were not directly represented.The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. Parliament responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts, which, among other provisions, closed Boston's commerce until the British East India Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea. Colonists in turn responded to the Coercive Acts with additional acts of protest, and by convening the First Continental Congress, which petitioned the British monarch for repeal of the acts and coordinated colonial resistance to them. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.So, what seperates this book from the rest?A comprehensive narrative of Boston Tea Party, this book gives a full understanding of the subject.A brief guide of subject areas covered in "1773 Riots - Boston Tea Party" include -- Boston Tea Party- Townshend Acts- Tea ActFind out more of this subject, it's intricacies and it's nuances. Discover more about it's importance. Develop a level of understanding required to comprehend this fascinating concept.Author Jeane Joyce has worked hard researching and compiling this fundamental work, and is proud to bring you "1773 Riots - Boston Tea Party" ...Read this book today ...
Author : Joseph Cummins
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1594745609
Everyone knows about the Boston Tea Party, in which colonists stormed three British ships and dumped 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. But did you know about the Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1773)? How about the ones in York, Maine (September 1774) or Wilmington, North Carolina (March 1775)? This is the first book to chronicle all these uniquely American protests. Author and historian Joseph Cummins begins with the history of the East India Company (the biggest global corporation in the eighteenth century) and their staggering financial losses from the Boston Tea Party (more than a million dollars in today's money). In Philadelphia, Captain Samuel Ayres was nearly tarred and feathered by a mob of 8,000 angry patriots. In Annapolis, Maryland, a brigantine carrying 2,320 pounds of the "wretched weed" was burned to ashes. Together, these stories illuminate the power of Americans banding together as Americans--for the first time in the fledgling nation's history.--From publisher description.
Author : Kathleen Krull
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 22,88 MB
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 110161028X
"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution—outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists chose to destroy the tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists who fought against the British Monarchy, and read about this act of rebellion from our history! With black-and-white illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, the Boston Tea party is brought to life!
Author : Ted Anderson
Publisher : Capstone Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 2020-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1496690648
By December of 1773, American colonists had grown increasingly frustrated. Among their complaints was that the British government had imposed a tea tax on colonists. The Americans objected because it was taxation without representation--that is, they had no say in who was elected to parliament. As tensions grew, plans formed to protest the tax by pouring hundreds of containers of tea into the Boston Harbor. One of the first acts of protest in America, the Boston Tea Party helped spark America's fight for independence.
Author : Greg Roza
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404204119
Describes the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party, including the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Boston Massacre.
Author : Ida Walker
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1604538058
Discusses how and why American colonist protested high taxes from Great Britain by dumping tea in the Boston Harbor in 1773.
Author : Henry Clay Watson
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 1889
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Author : Harlow Giles Unger
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 24,64 MB
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0306819767
On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many dressed as Indians, dumped roughly £10,000 worth of tea in Boston Harbor. Whatever their motives at the time, they unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm that would culminate in the Declaration of Independence two-and-a-half years later. The Boston Tea Party provoked a reign of terror in Boston and other American cities as tea parties erupted up and down the colonies. The turmoil stripped tens of thousands of their homes and property, and nearly 100,000 left forever in what was history's largest exodus of Americans from America. Nonetheless, John Adams called the Boston Tea Party nothing short of "magnificent," saying that "it must have important consequences." Combining stellar scholarship with action-packed history, Harlow Giles Unger reveals the truth behind the legendary event and examines its lasting consequence--the spawning of a new, independent nation.
Author : Ann Malaspina
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 25,70 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1617837075
Presents the history of the Boston Tea Party, looking at the factors that caused the revolt, how tea became a symbol of British injustice, and the effects of the rebellion.