Boston Tea Party

In this incident, the Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) was thrown into Boston Harbor by an American patriot who disguised 342 boxes of tea from British East India Company as Mohawk Indians. Americans protest against monopoly of East Indian companies with tea tax (no representative tax)

The Townsend Act passed in Congress in 1767 imposes customs duties on various products imported into British colonies, causing colonial protest behavior and non-compliance, was abolished in 1770, the tea tax It was saved. It is estimated that there is the right to increase such colonial income without estimating colonial approval. Boston merchants avoided this behavior by continuing to receive smuggled tea by Dutch merchants. In 1773, the Congress was aiming to help East Indian companies be economically troubled, (1) monopoly of all teas exported to colonies, (2) export tax exemption, (3)) they "Refundable" (refundable) tariff for the remaining tea owned by. Tea sent to colonies can only be transported by ships of the East India Company, can bypass independent consolidator shippers and merchants and can only be sold through their own agency . Therefore, the company can sell tea at a lower price than the United States and the UK, but it may be underestimated than anyone else. Recognition of monopoly often drives conservative colonial businessmen to join Samuel Adams and an alliance of radical freedom son of his freedom.

In New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, a tea agent resigned or canceled the order, the merchant refused shipment. However, in Boston, Governor Thomas Hutchinson decided to support the law and claimed that three ships of Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver could store the goods and should have fulfilled their obligations. On the evening of 16th December 1773, with the encouragement of Boston people wearing blankets and Indian head dresses, a group of about 60 people went to Griffin jetty, boarded the ship, threw a tea box equivalent of 18,000 pounds It was.

In retaliation Congress passed a series of punitive measures known to colonies. The Boston Port Law closed the maritime trade of the city and waited for the destroyed tea to be paid. The British government's efforts to eliminate punishment in Massachusetts is to unify the colonies and promote the transition to war.

During the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the settlers of Boston disguised the American Indians and threw out three British vessels to the British government to protest the British government. After the Boston Tea ceremony, the British passed the Boston Harbor Act of 1774. The bill ordered the closure of Boston Harbor until the price of tea was repaid. Hancock's reputation gradually grew during this time until he became a major symbol of anti-British radicalism (extreme behavior tried to force change). It is uncertain how much he planned and how much he was pushed by Samuel Adams. As everyone knows, when British general Thomas Gage finally decided to build a peaceful relationship with the colony, Hancock and Adams refused to give an amnesty (amnesty) the only two I was an American.

Okay, no. "Tea law" actually contributed to the tea ceremony in Boston, but not because it raised the price of tea - indeed, the "law of tea" refers to the price of tea imported by a trading company in East India I lowered it. This is part of a story that most Americans do not know; the UK tea is cheaper than their tax-exempt smuggled Dutch tea, so income decreases and the British son of freedom motivated to politify from a businessman There is not much. John Hancock sponsors the freedom son and instigates the Boston tea ceremony is a major shipping company boasting huge wealth, most of which is obtained through smuggled tea. Tea bills are the place he calculated - hit his wallet