THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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1, 700
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17, 000, 000
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170
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17, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -It would still be taxed the three-penny per pound like it had been or the last six years. The British didn’t think the colonists would be upset about the Act since by letting the East India Company not pay taxes, the price of tea would go down.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ships were carrying almost 600, 000 pounds of the East lndia Company’s tea, and the intention was to sell it only to its consignees in the colonies in an attempt to monopolize the tea market.
Detailed explanation-3: -On December 16, 1773, over one hundred American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea (valued at approximately $1.7 million in today’s currency) into the water.
Detailed explanation-4: -340 chests of British East India Company tea, weighing over 92, 000 pounds (roughly 46 tons), onboard the Beaver, Dartmouth, and Eleanor were smashed open with axes and dumped into Boston Harbor the night of December 16, 1773.