THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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The colonists asked that the British take the tea back to England
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The Tea Act put a high tax on tea
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The British thought that the Mohawk Indians had destroyed the tea
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The British only allowed the colonists to buy tea from the East India Trading company
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Boston Tea Party? It began the American Revolutionary War. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Coercive Acts? It allowed town meetings in Massachusetts, but denied them the ability to elect their own governor.
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: -Most members of the British Parliament were furious when they learned of the Boston Tea Party. Their response was swift and harsh. In early 1774, Parliament passed several acts collectively known as the Coercive Acts.