What was the Boston Tea Party?
Where the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and threw 342 chests into the Boston harbor.
Where was it?
Boston Harbor
Who was involved?
The colonists/sons of liberty
When was it?
December 16 1773
Why'd they do it?
It was a big protest
What did the british goverment reply with?
the Intolerable Acts in order to punish Massachusetts.
What happened after?
Intolerable Acts/The reveloutionary war
The key figures from the sons of liberty
John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Joseph Warren also Samuel Adams
When did the dartmouth approach the harbor?
November 28, 1773
How many chests did the colonists throw into the harbor?
342
Where did they meet to discuss the tea issue
old south meeting house
Who discussed the tea issue?
The Bostonians
What did colonists do to impact the path to independence?
They showed their defiance to taxation and without representation and spurred further notice
Where was it specifically? The whole name
Griffin's wharf. Boston Harbor/massachusettes
significant escalation of colonial defiance against whom?
The british