Boston Tea Party History | Where the Tea Party Began
WEBOn December 15, 1773, the Beaver, the last of the three ships sailing from London, England arrived at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. The Beaver was delayed due to a case of smallpox which broke out onboard, and she was held in quarantine for two weeks in Boston’s outer harbor.
The Boston Harbor Tea | Boston Tea Party | East India Tea …
WEBA few chests were aboard all seven ships, which left London bound for Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston in the late summer of 1773. Black Tea. But the bulk of the tea that westerners consumed was common black tea known as Bohea (boo-hee), a corruption of the name for the Wuyi mountains south of Shanghai.
[December 1773] [from the Diary of John Adams] - Founders Online
WEBJan 2, 2002 · 1773. Decr. 17th. 1. Last Night 3 Cargoes of Bohea Tea were emptied into the Sea. This Morning a Man of War sails. This is the most magnificent Movement of all. There is a Dignity, a Majesty, a Sublimity, in this last Effort of the Patriots, that I …
The Other Tea Parties - American Battlefield Trust
WEBThe first Tea Party, or protest, against the Tea Act occurred on December 3, 1773 in Charleston, South Carolina. Led by Christopher Gadsden and the Sons of Liberty, they seized tea that had arrived by ship, placed it in the Exchange (a government building), and started a boycott of imported tea.
Boston Tea Party - Wikipedia
WEBThe Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend ...
Boston Tea Party - World History Encyclopedia
WEBNov 24, 2023 · The Boston Tea Party was an act of political protest carried out by American colonists on 16 December 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. Disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, the colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest both a tax on tea and the monopoly of the British East India Company on the tea trade.
"Something Notable and Striking": John Adams Writes about the …
WEBJohn Adams wrote about the Boston Tea Party in his diary. As a lawyer, he wondered about the legal questions and outcomes of the actions, while still supporting the Patriot cause. 1773. Decr. 17th.
The Tea Act - US History
WEBThe Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes.
250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
WEBDec 18, 2023 · This year marks the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party! On December 16, 1773, The Sons of Liberty boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea (valued at approximately …
HISTORY LESSON: December 1773 - Boston Tea Party is a …
WEBDec 30, 2021 · In 1773, the company faced possible bankruptcy because it had 17 million pounds of tea in its warehouses along the Thames River. This was Bohea tea from the hills of Fukien, China.