Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Boston Tea Party
- EFFECTS:
- United the colonists against the
British
- People realized how much they disliked British Rule
- Made Parliament very
angry
- Caused the close of Boston
Harbor
- CAUSES:
- Britain put a tax on
tea
- Tea was a favorite drink in the
colonies
- Colonists were unhappy with the
tax
- DATES:
- Dec. 16,
1773
- PEOPLE:
- Colonists
- Parliament
- EVENT DETAILS:
- Colonists dressed up as Native
Americans
- Colonists boarded a ship in the Boston Harbor and threw the tea out into the
water
- Hundreds of pounds of tea dumped
overboard