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Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
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Effect
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Cause
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Cause
The Bloody Massacre had happened....colonists were furious.
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After the Boston Massacre the King of England decided...
Townshend Act was repealed... except the tax on tea.
taken away, withdrawn, stopped.
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Colonists did not want to pay for the tax on tea
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Effect
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50 Boston Patriots dressed up as American Indians
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The 50 men marched to the wharf and people followed.
They knew what was about to happen
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Dartmouth Eleanor Beaver
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They broke open the chests of tea
and dumped it into the Boston Harbor
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342 chests of tea
90,000 pounds
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When King George III found out he demanded that Boston be punished.
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Repercussion
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Parliament Decided on 3 Punishments
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close the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea
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SECOND
Town meetings were banned
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THIRD
Bostonians were forced to feed and house
British soldiers
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