2007-11-21 12:44:13 · 9 answers · asked by Abi 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The Boston Tea Party was a tax protest. Complaints over taxes were one of the primary things that led up to the war.
The legislature of the Massachusetts Colony kept refusing to vote taxes to pay for the upkeep of their local government, so the Governor had to resort to increasing the types of taxes that were under his direct authority without needing a vote in the legislature. One of those types of taxes was a Stamp Duty, (A type of sales tax) which he imposed on Tea. Since tea was already very expensive (Another way he'd raised money was by selling a monopoly right to sell tea) this really annoyed the tea drinkers. Since tea was a luxury, this meant he ticked off rich people, who had the education and resources to do something about it.
That 'something' was boarding a ship in Boston harbor and throwing overboard a cargo of tea that belonged to political allies of the Governor - the "Boston Tea Party"
The leader of the protest was John Hancock, who was a very active tea smuggler at the time. The legal tea that they dumped was for sale in Boston cheaper than Hancocks smuggled tea, which was costing him money. For this reason, even many leaders of the colonial rebellion condemned this dumping of private property. Ben Franklin, for one, was so angered that he offered to repay the owners out of his own pocket.
They did this dressed as Indians so that the sheriffs - who were friends of theirs - could say "We don't know who did it"
Richard
2007-11-21 12:49:49 · answer #1 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, the Boston Tea Party was a precursor to the Revolutionary War. It was when the American people first started revolting against the English monarchy.
2007-11-21 20:49:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kate F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the Tea Party was really an act of civil disobedience that occurred before the war broke out.
2007-11-21 21:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by psyop6 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the tea party was one act that lead up to the war.
2007-11-21 20:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by Mac 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the boston tea party happend as a result of the british creating a tax on tea. resulting in 90,000 lbs of tea being thrown overboard. the war happend after the tea party. as a result of the bostonians being tired of being pushed around by the british.
2007-11-21 20:54:37 · answer #5 · answered by lovely_tiffers 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the boston tea party (all of them) happened prior to the outbreak of formal hostilities between britian and the colonies
2007-11-21 20:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mark 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same? no, but it led up to the war.
The FairTax movement of today has been commpared to the Boston Tea Party. www Fairtax org
2007-11-21 20:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no, it happened before the war
2007-11-21 20:47:15 · answer #8 · answered by Mary Jo W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-11-21 21:11:43 · answer #9 · answered by zombi86 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋