THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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90, 000 pounds of tea
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Around 1 million dollars worth in today‘s money
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342 containers of tea
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was an act of protest in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to agitate against both a tax on tea (which had been an example of taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1774, the UK passed what are known as the Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts, a series of punitive measures meant to teach the rebellious colonists who was boss. Much of the tea that angry colonists dumped into the Boston Harbor was green tea.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tea Act Imposed It wasn’t about to give up tax revenue on the nearly 1.2 million pounds of tea the colonists drank each year.
Detailed explanation-5: -On December 16, 1773, a group of Colonists destroyed a large British tea shipment in Boston harbor. So did this act of defiance light a fire that led to American independence within the next decade?