In 1767 the English Parliament passed the Townsend Acts, which taxed American colonists on imports
of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The colonists protested and the merchants boycotted English
goods. The boycott decreased British trade, and in 1770 most of the Acts were repealed. The tax on tea
was retained to prove to the colonists that they were still subject to the laws of the British government.
The colonist argued that the British government had no legal right to tax them, since they had no
representation in Parliament. The colonists tried to prevent British merchants in America from accepting
shipments of tea, and were successful in New York and Philadelphia. In Charleston, the tea was unloaded
from ships but held in government warehouses. In Boston, the situation was different. A group of colonists
called the Sons of Liberty showed their displeasure at the British government by impersonating the
Mohawk Native Americans and dumping a shipload of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor. This incident
is known as the Boston Tea Party.
2007-02-19 03:48:37
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answered by fire 2
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American insurgents/terrorists dressed up as native americans and destroyed vital tea shipments that came from the UK.
The British were just trying to establish a coalition government in the colonies until democracy could be established. American terrorists had other ideas. They hid amongst the populace, intimidated, maimed and even killed tories who were merely loyal to the government, and they hid like cowards behind rocks and stumps, attacking British troops guerrilla style.
2007-02-19 14:17:43
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answered by Anonymous
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americans were mad of the taxes and thought of destroying the tea because it was the most major tax import so people dress up as indians and go out at night and get up on the docks and dumped 3 tons of tea into the lake. King george got mad and closed the docks until they repaid the england importors and he was sooo furious that he proclaimed the intolerable acts
2007-02-19 11:55:18
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answered by rose a 1
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these was a story
2007-02-20 01:24:50
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answered by chandrakanth m 1
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