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The Tea Act was Lord North's attempt to rescue the British ______ Company.
The Tea Act was Lord North's attempt to rescue the British ______ Company.
East India
The Boston Tea Party occurred as a response to the ______ Act in 1773.
The Boston Tea Party occurred as a response to the ______ Act in 1773.
Tea
The Tea Act gave the British East India Company a ______ over tea sales in the colonies.
The Tea Act gave the British East India Company a ______ over tea sales in the colonies.
monopoly
Colonists viewed the Tea Act as another attempt to tax them without their ______.
Colonists viewed the Tea Act as another attempt to tax them without their ______.
On December 16, 1773, the Sons of ______ decided to unload the tea.
On December 16, 1773, the Sons of ______ decided to unload the tea.
About 60 men dressed as ______ Indians boarded the three ships.
About 60 men dressed as ______ Indians boarded the three ships.
The Sons of Liberty dumped about ______ pounds of tea into the sea that night.
The Sons of Liberty dumped about ______ pounds of tea into the sea that night.
John Adams described the destruction of tea as bold, daring, and with ______ consequences.
John Adams described the destruction of tea as bold, daring, and with ______ consequences.
The men were ordered to take out all the chests of ______ and throw them overboard.
The men were ordered to take out all the chests of ______ and throw them overboard.
We were surrounded by British armed ______, but no attempt was made to resist us.
We were surrounded by British armed ______, but no attempt was made to resist us.
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The Boston Tea Party
- The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the Tea Act of 1773.
- The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, bypassing colonial merchants.
- The Act also gave the company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies, which meant that they could set the prices.
- Many colonists saw the Tea Act as a way for the British government to control them and their economy.
- The Act aimed to rescue the British East India Company, which was struggling financially due to the American boycott of British tea.
- The Tea Act lowered the price of British tea, making it cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea.
- On December 16, 1773, a group of men disguised as Native Americans boarded three British East India Company ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the sea.
- This event, known as the Boston Tea Party, became a symbol of colonial resistance to British rule.
- The act was seen by colonist's as yet another attempt to tax them without their consent, especially after the repeal of the Townshend Acts.
The Sons of Liberty
- The Sons of Liberty was a group of colonists who organized protests against British rule.
- They were led by Samuel Adams and other prominent Patriots.
- The group played a key role in the Boston Tea Party, which was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
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