作者：Lidia Zaniboni 8 年以前
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The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party
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Tea Act (1773)
reduced tax for the imported tea
East India Company had a monopoly on tea
The colonists had a party
Why is it important?
It led to the First Amendment to the Constitution
The right to assemble or petition
It represents the very beginning of the way to
American Independence
BOSTON
The patriot Samuel Adams organised the 'Sons of Liberty'
No taxation without representation!
The Boston Massacre (1770)
why?
England began laying out taxes colonists didin't accept
Stamp Act (1765), repealed
The King wanted more control over the colonies
King George III wanted his money back from the Seven Years' war
Who?
Some colonists, desguised as Indians
Where?
A wharf in a Boston Harbour
When?
December 16, 1773
