THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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So you know what lead to the American Revolution, which lead to our country.
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To know how to boycott if you need to.
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To know how to host a tea party
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To learn that pie is never the answer!!!
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Detailed explanation-1: -The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -The writer advocates boycotting tea as a way to save consumers money, adding that if fewer colonists paid the expensive duty on tea, Great Britain would notice as their tax revenue decreased.
Detailed explanation-3: -In simplest terms, the Boston Tea Party happened as a result of “taxation without representation”, yet the cause is more complex than that. The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses incurred during the French and Indian War.
Detailed explanation-4: -On October 16, 1773, a group of Philadelphia patriots decided to tell the British Crown that it would mount a boycott of tea, months before a similar act in Boston.