USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor . The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. The episode escalated into the American Revolution, becoming an iconic event of American history.

Detailed explanation-2: -In retribution, they passed the Coercive Acts (later known as the Intolerable Acts) which: closed Boston Harbor until the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party was paid for. ended the Massachusetts Constitution and ended free elections of town officials.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British response to the Boston Tea Party was to impose even more stringent policies on the Massachusetts colony. The Coercive Acts levied fines for the destroyed tea, sent British troops to Boston, and rewrote the colonial charter of Massachusetts, giving broadly expanded powers to the royally appointed governor.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

Detailed explanation-5: -Soon the colonists again responded with a boycott of tea. Earlier protests had involved relatively few colonists, but the tea boycott mobilized a large segment of colonial society. In late 1773, leaders in many colonies planned to prevent the East India Company from landing tea shipments.