Boston+Tea+Party

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<span style="color: rgb(35, 246, 241)"><span style="color: rgb(34, 241, 241)"><span style="color: rgb(42, 248, 230)"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 229, 227); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(36, 245, 233); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 64); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 236)"><span style="color: rgb(19, 178, 190)"><span style="color: rgb(10, 235, 231)"><span style="color: rgb(42, 248, 230)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 6, 6); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">           <span style="color: rgb(16, 229, 227); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(35, 246, 241)"><span style="color: rgb(34, 241, 241)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 64); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(32, 64, 223)"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 58, 196)">The Boston Tea Party was a protest made by the American colonists against the British Government. The colonists destroyed many crates of tea bricks that belonged to the British East India Company. They destroyed them by dumping them off ships in the Boston Harbor. This event took place on Thursday, December 16, 1773 and ever since has been seen as helping to create the American Revolution. <span style="color: rgb(16, 229, 227); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(35, 246, 241)">

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(35, 70, 215)">**John Hancock organized a boycott on tea from China sold by the British East India Company. Their sales dropped from 320,000 pounds to 520 pounds. By 1773 they had large debts and huge stocks of tea in there warehouses and knew they could not sell it because smugglers, like John Hancock, were importing tea from the Netherlands without paying the fee of the import taxes. The British Government then passed the Tea Act, which allowed the East India Company to sell the tea directly and without "payment of any customs or duties whatsoever" in England, instead paying the much lower American duty. This allowed them to sell tea for half the old price and cheaper then the price of tea in England. This enabled them to undercut the prices of the colonial smugglers and merchants.**

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===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 67, 209)"><span style="color: rgb(24, 247, 237)"><span style="color: rgb(30, 250, 231); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(16, 224, 60); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(83, 249, 36); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(48, 248, 246); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(44, 246, 231)"><span style="color: rgb(15, 245, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(21, 249, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(170, 25, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(232, 37, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">           Background ===

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<span style="color: rgb(10, 245, 226); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 224, 60); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(83, 249, 36); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(200, 9, 9)"><span style="color: rgb(48, 248, 246); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(44, 246, 231)"><span style="color: rgb(15, 245, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(21, 249, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(170, 25, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(232, 37, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(212, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(10, 245, 226); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 63, 191)">By the year 1773 the colonist were sick of taxes. They were taxed on everything which meant if you could not pay them, you could not have it. For example, if you were taxed on water and you could not pay it, well you could kiss that goodbye. When they were taxed on tea of all things they were furious. A boycott was organized but everyone knew that it could not last. John Hancock then came up with the idea, since the tea came in on boats and were left over night at the dock, that him and some other men should go over there at nigh and dump the tea in the harbor. The idea got around quickly and many men joined. A few weeks before the attack Hancock came up with the idea that they should dress up as Indians, since they were the first on the land. The idea stuck and became one of the main focuses. ===<span style="color: rgb(16, 224, 60); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(83, 249, 36); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(48, 248, 246); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(44, 246, 231)"><span style="color: rgb(15, 245, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(21, 249, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(170, 25, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(232, 37, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 244); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 60, 178)">The Event          === <span style="color: rgb(16, 224, 60); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(83, 249, 36); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(48, 248, 246); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(44, 246, 231)"><span style="color: rgb(15, 245, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(21, 249, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(170, 25, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(212, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(232, 37, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(30, 59, 200)"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(30, 62, 184)">On Thursday, December 16, 1773, which was the evening before the tea was due to be landed, Captain Roach appealed to Governor Hutchinson to allow his ships to leave without unloading its tea. When Roach returned and reported Hutchinson's refusal to a massive protest meeting, Samuel Adams said "This meeting can do nothing more to save the country. As if on cue, the colonist disguised as Indians and armed with clubs, headed toward Griffin's Wharf (in Boston harbor) where Dartmouth, Beaver, and Eleanor. Quickly casks of tea were brought up from the hold to the deck. The casks were opened and the tea dumped into the Boston Harbor; the work, lasting into the night was very quick and thorough. By daybreak, over 342 casks or 90,000 lbs. of tea worth about 10,000 pounds (1.87 million dollars) was in the harbor. Nothing else had been damaged or stolen. The tea washed up on the shore for weeks. Attempts were made to carry off some of the tea, but failed.

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<span style="color: rgb(16, 224, 60); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(83, 249, 36); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(48, 248, 246); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(44, 246, 231)"><span style="color: rgb(15, 245, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(21, 249, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(170, 25, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(217, 58, 248); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(12, 233, 218)"><span style="color: rgb(236, 31, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">  <span style="color: rgb(38, 247, 236); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(30, 60, 194)">The Boston Tea Party is known around the world and has been inspirational to other noted activists and reform leaders. For example, Erik H. Erikson records in his book "Gandhi's truths" that when Gandhi met with the British viceroy in 1930 after the Indian salt protest campaign, Gandhi took some duty-free salt from his shawl and said "This salt is to remind us of the famous Boston Tea Party." <span style="color: rgb(239, 62, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(239, 62, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(239, 62, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(170, 25, 240); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(48, 248, 246); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 224, 60); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(83, 249, 36); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 70, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 247); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(35, 70, 205)">Boston Tea Party by Cassandra Janson, "Revolution to Reconstruction" http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm Published in 2005, Accessed on September 20, 2008 <span style="color: rgb(16, 224, 60); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(83, 249, 36); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 244); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(48, 248, 246); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 58, 209)"> Boston Tea Party 1773 "Eyewitness to History.com" <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 69, 196)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">http://www.eyewitnesshistory.com/teaparty.htm Published in 2002, Accessed on September 28, 2008

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 50, 186)"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 44, 171)"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 64, 203)">Boston Tea Party: Who/What/When/Where, "Social Studies for Kids" http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/bostonteapartydef.htm Accessed on October 2, 2008 <span style="color: rgb(29, 247, 227); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">