The American Revolution: Founding Fathers
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773 in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation," dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the Atlantic Ocean. This event was a culmination of tensions between Britain and the American colonies and is considered to be one of the major events that led to the American Revolution.
The British government responded harshly to the Boston Tea Party, and passed a series of laws that were known as the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable Acts. These laws were designed to punish the colonists for their resistance and to restore British authority over the colonies. The colonists, in turn, responded with more protests and acts of resistance, which ultimately led to the outbreak of the American Revolution.
The Boston Tea Party was a significant event in American history because it marked the first time that colonists had united together to take collective action towards a common goal. It also demonstrated that the colonists were willing to take risks and make sacrifices in order to challenge British authority and fight for their rights and freedoms.
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