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The colonists threw tea overboard to defy the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. They believed that the Tea Act constituted taxation without representation.
to protest the tax the English put on tea; happened pre revolutionary war
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Why did angry patriots dress as mohawk Indians and dumped 542 crates of tea into Boston harbor?
Because the British took away all the taxes except the one on tea, this did not satisfy the Patriots that is why the Patriots dressed as mohawk indians and dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
When did they dump the tea at the Boston Tea Party?
December 16, 1773 Hope this is what you meant♥
The Patriots who held Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as?
native Americans
Why didn't Britain repeal the tea act?
They did. 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 was the main reason for the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists were sick and tired of paying taxes, especially on tea. So patriots dressed up as Indians and dumped about 340 chests off the ship and into the ocean. Also, The action was taken to prevent the payment of a British-imposed tax on tea and to protest the British monopoly of the colonial tea trade authorized by the Tea Act.
Why did the patriots dump englands tea into boston harbor?
Because of the taxes England did...
How are tea partiers different from patriots?
so, there is NO difference from tea party and patriots
Where did Paul Revere dump the tea and how much tea did he dump?
Paul Revere did not dump the tea into the Boston Harbor. A group of colonists boarded a ship on the night of December 16, 1773 and working quickly dumped valuable tea into the bay. This is known as the Boston Tea Party.
Why did Indians dump the tea in harbor?
To protest the tax on tea.
What harbor did they dump the tea in?
boston
What is Tea Party Patriots's motto?
Tea Party Patriots's motto is 'Fiscal Responsibility, Limited Government, Free Markets'.
How many buckets of tea did they dump out when the Boston tea party happened?
342 chests of tea
What will the participants do with the tea?
dump it over board
Where did they dump the tea?
The Bostonians at the Boston Tea Party dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Did the patriots start the Tea Act?
Yepppppp
What drink would patriots not drink?
tea
How long did the colonists take to dump the tea off the Dartmouth the Beaver and the Eleanor?
It took 2-3 hours to dump the 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
