THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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December 6th, 1773
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December 16th, 1772
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November 16th, 1773
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -When did the Boston Tea Party happen? December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party took place on the winter night of Thursday, December 16, 1773.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation, ” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
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.