Essays Tagged: "Boston Tea Party"

The Boston Tea Party

ys. One of these events having multiple points of view is the beloved part of American history, the Boston Tea Party. Ever since we started school the Boston tea party has been viewed as a revolt by t ... mobbing a ship and destroying numerous chests of tea and throwing the contents over board into the Boston harbor. After further research, it is found that there is more than one view on the matter, d ...

(4 pages) 86 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"The Boston Tea Party", convinced the colonists that their freedom was in jeopardy

eneath the stormed beaten decks were six-hundred thousand pounds of tea. Delivering to the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston, the famous East India Company of London was assigned ... ly evening of December 16, 1773 three-hundred-and-forty chests of tea was dumped into the harbor of Boston by antagonistic patriots, this rebellion was known as the Boston Tea Party. Significant in th ...

(11 pages) 149 1 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Is All Terrorism Unjustified?

g paragraphs will be examples of terrorism that was justified.First thing that comes to mind is the Boston Tea Party. Was not this an act of terrorism? We were trying to show England that we didn't li ... t we wanted to be free. How did they finally get the picture? We dumped a ship full of tea into the Boston Harbor, which helped to start the Revolutionary War, which ultimately lead to the United Stat ...

(2 pages) 133 3 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Boston Tea Party.

leading up to the independence of America. One of the most important and influential events was the Boston Tea Party. Leading to this, angry colonists boarded a ship filled with many chests of tea and ... o this, angry colonists boarded a ship filled with many chests of tea and threw them overboard. The Boston Tea Party marked the first act of open resistance to British rule (Britannica p1). The Boston ...

(3 pages) 93 0 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The declaration of independance and its importance in american history.

ithout representation'. Next the British put in the townshed acts, which led to the violence of the Boston massacre and the Boston tea party. Most of the taxes were taken away, however in 1774 Britain ...

(2 pages) 99 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Boston Tea Party. What lead and came from this historic event.

On December 16, 1773, resistance leader Samuel Adams signaled to start the Boston Tea Party, with the words "this meeting can do no more to save this country." With that, they ... save this country." With that, they set out for the famous rebellion. But what really signaled the Boston Tea Party? Taxes. In attempt to increase England's revenue there were the Sugar Act of 1764 t ... same excuse "No taxation without representation." They rebelled against it in an event known as the Boston Tea Party. "Fellow countrymen, we cannot afford to give a single inch! If we retreat now, eve ...

(4 pages) 78 1 3.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Biography of Benjamin Franklin

a where the delegates of the Second Continental Congress were gathering. At this point in time, the Boston Tea Party of 1775 has been on the rampage. The Congress did not have an agreement whether thi ...

(2 pages) 34 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Boston Tea Party

ent felt by most colonists. Because of this resentment many events occurred. One such event was the Boston Tea Party in 1773.The British Parliament passed the Tea Act which granted a monopoly of the t ... ich was a group of politically prominent colonists) had organized a boycott of tea. The citizens of Boston requested that the Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, send three ships of tea from ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The "Spark" that United America

The Boston Tea Party is considered to be the boiling point in a series of events leading up to the revol ... tish. When a group of devout colonists, boarded British tea ships and unloaded their cargo into the Boston harbor, America would be changed forever. What was, at first, seen as an act of mischievous r ... British increased taxes in America, the colonists responded with rebellious fury, most notably, the Boston Tea Party, but when Britain lashed back with even more force, it opened the eyes of Americans ...

(4 pages) 26 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party was the key-event for the Revolutionary War. With this act, the colonists started t ... but the British government didn't gine them the possibility by controlling them. The causes for the Boston Tea Party The events leading to the Boston Tea Party began already ten years before ( 1763 ), ... en with the taxes. This act was called the Tea Act, which was of great importance for the following Boston Tea Party. The colonists reacted to this act by holding meetings to discuss it. Supporter of ...

(4 pages) 41 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Thomas Paine

he rise of tension and the spirit of rebellion that was steadily mounting in the Colonies after the Boston Tea Party and the Battles of Lexington and Concord. In Paine's mind the colonists had all the ...

(2 pages) 107 3 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

The battle of lexington

Lexington was the most important battle of the revolutionary war. The British army had been sent to Boston as a result of the Boston Tea Party. The redcoats had been there for a couple of years prior ... were also storing cannons, gunpowder, and other military supplies. General Gage was the governor of Boston at the time. He was going to send about seven hundred troops to Concord to get the ammunition ...

(3 pages) 30 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Factors of Rebellion in the 13 American Colonies

00s, tensions ran high between Britain and the 13American colonies, which led to events such as the Boston "Massacre", andthe Boston Tea Party. Britain's angry response to these events furtheredthe in ... ther act was aroused the fury of colonists was the "Intolerable Acts," apart of that act closed the Boston Harbor until damages for the Boston TeaParty were paid. The act also forbade any Town Meeting ...

(3 pages) 39 1 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Book Report: Mary E. Hull's The Boston Tea Party in American History

The Boston Tea Party in American History, by Mary E. Hull, is an excellent book that analyzes the events ... American History, by Mary E. Hull, is an excellent book that analyzes the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party and establishes each event's importance in the American Revolution. The book primar ... 1775, with a substantial amount of emphasis on the year 1773, or the year of the occurrence of the Boston Tea Party. Hull primarily uses primary sources to support her facts and thesis, using many or ...

(6 pages) 76 0 4.3 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

What events led up to the American Revolution?

. Next, the Tea Act was passed, in 1773. This act placed a new tax on tea which in turn sparked the Boston Tea Party, lead by the Sons of Liberty. One of the last sets of acts to be passed, were calle ... se they did a multiple of things to disrupt the way of life in America. The Coercive Acts shut down Boston Harbor, cancelled the Massachusetts Charter, moved trial locations, and required colonists to ...

(1 pages) 28 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Causes and Results of the American Revolution

is paper was designed to inform the reader of the key causes of the American Revolution such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. As well as inform the reader on the major outcomes of the ... the war and what comes from the war.The first key event that caused the American Revolution was the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was when colonial workers were shot and killed by British Troop ...

(7 pages) 73 0 0.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

American/French Revolution.

ericansagainst the British. One of the first significant events of theRevolution was the well-known Boston tea party. And so theRevolution began.During the American Revolution, ideas from the Old Worl ...

(1 pages) 60 0 0.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Causes of the American Revolution.

e was the French Revolution and the Spanish Revolution.One cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party. Parliament passed the Tea act (taxing tea),but when the tea began to arrive in Nov ... their harbors. On December 16,1773 a group of colonists disguised as Indians boarded three ships in Boston. As a large crowd watched, they broke open every crate on board and threw the tea into the ha ...

(1 pages) 64 2 2.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

How did the American rebels suceed in winning independence from Great Britain, at the time the most powerful nation in Europe?

rs went from bad to worse, the Intolerable Act laws were passed in Britain, as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. This however, limited production of raw materials and economic growth. This led to ...

(9 pages) 51 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Coffee: Friend or Foe?

e equally favored and many taverns doubled as coffee houses. This all changed because of the famous Boston Tea Party of 1773 (Sippy). Thereafter, it was unpatriotic to drink tea and coffee replaced te ...

(3 pages) 38 1 3.9 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine