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What was it called when colonist dumped tea into the Boston harbor to protest the Tea Act?
They destroyed the tea by dumping it in Boston Harbor.
What view of colonists' was expressed through the Boston tea party?
The colonist's view of maverick-like freedom was put to full capacity, as they protested the Tea act of 1776, and told Britain to BTFU.
How did the people die in the Boston Tea Party?
No one died. A ships officer was hit in the head, but that is all. They didn't dress up. This is part of the fable. The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the lowering of the cost of the British tea by the government and the East India tea company who had gotten a bail out from the crown in 1773. The smugglers in the colonies found the Dutch tea that they sold was higher in price than the British tea, so they staged the Boston Tea Party and others in harbors in the colonies ( Hamilton was one of the largest smugglers in the colonies and a founding member of the Son's of Liberty). The cost of tea also went as far back as the Navigation Acts and the restricting of trade to and from the colonies passed from 1650-1733. Tea was also taxed in 1767 in the Townsend Acts.
What unites the Stamp Act the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party?
All were related to British Taxes. The stamp act was and is a tax. New York still has it. The Boston Massacre happened because high taxes put a lot of people out of work just like in New York today. People out of work blamed solders (revenuers) enforcing the tax laws. They threw stones at them (Infitada). The solders shot them. The Boston Tea Party occurred because the colonists opposed a tax on tea and would not let a ship unload its tea until the tax was repealed. Tea is not taxed specifically except in places that have sales tax.
What did the Sons of Liberty do in the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty were responsible for the protest that saw 3 ships raided and their cargo of tea thrown into the Boston Harbour. This was part of a larger protest against what the American colonists saw as unfair taxation and interference from the British government in colonial affairs.
