The Boston Tea Party

and Intolerable Acts1773

What was Boston Tea Party?How was the Tea Party significant

to the American Revolution?

SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. a. Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America, including the French and Indian War, British Imperial Policy that led to the 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan “no taxation without representation,” the activities of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party.

For years, colonists avoided

British tea tax by smuggling in Dutch tea through the Caribbean.

In 1773, British Parliament passed the Tea Act. They allowed the East

India Company of Britain to sell tea in the colonies at an extremely low price.

Taxed tea sold by East India Company

$

Smuggled teafrom the Caribbean

$

The Tea Act made British tea (with the tax) less expensive

than the smuggled tea from the Caribbean.

I know the British tea is cheaper than the

tea from the Caribbean.

But I refuse to give any of my money to

King George or British Parliament!

Colonists still boycotted the British tea, even though it actually cost less.

Ships filled with tea from England sat in Boston

Harbor.

Merchants refused to sell the tea, so there was no

place to unload it from the boats.

On December 16, 1773, dozens of Sons of Liberty boarded the ships illegally.

They were disguised as Native Americans.

They destroyed the tea by throwing it into the harbor.

This event became known as

The Boston Tea Party

British Parliament punished the

colonists for the Tea Party.

Closed Boston Harbor and stopped all trade between

Boston and Britain

Sent more soldiers to Boston and enforced the Quartering Act

Made it illegal for Massachusetts to have town meetings. The government of Massachusetts was controlled by the

English appointed governor.

Punishment for the colonies:

The colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts

(Coercive Acts) by gathering for the

First Continental Congress.

The First Continental Congress

Colonists sent delegates to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress:• Delegates wrote a letter to King George• Said colonists should have the same rights

as other British citizens• Asked parliament and King George to stop

taxing the colonies without representation in parliament• Asked to repeal the Intolerable Acts

Colonists begin training for battle in case of war with Britain

King George plans to send

more soldiers. He declared that the colonists had begun

a rebellion.

The Boston Tea Party

1773

What was Boston Tea Party?How was the Tea Party significant

to the American Revolution?

SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. a. Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America, including the French and Indian War, British Imperial Policy that led to the 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan “no taxation without representation,” the activities of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party.