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The Boston Tea Party: A Courageous Act For Justice

The Boston Tea Party: A Courageous Act For Justice. Objective. By the end of this presentation, students should be able to sequence the events of the Boston Tea Party along with analyzing why it was started. The Sugar Act. 1764 Duty: an import tax. Molasses Colonists Protested.

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The Boston Tea Party: A Courageous Act For Justice

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  1. The Boston Tea Party: A Courageous Act For Justice

  2. Objective By the end of this presentation, students should be able to sequence the events of the Boston Tea Party along with analyzing why it was started.

  3. The Sugar Act • 1764 • Duty: an import tax. • Molasses • Colonists Protested

  4. The Stamp Act • 1765 • Contracts, Newspapers, Wills, Licenses, Ect. • Nine different colonies • New York • 1766

  5. The Tea Act • British East Indian Company • 1773 • Ship directly to colonies • Monopoly • Hurt merchants • Colonists argued

  6. The Boston Tea Party • The Sons of Liberty • Threatened captains and merchants • New York and other ports • Thomas Hutchingson • Tension arose

  7. December 16, 1773 • Secretly boarded ships • Over 3 hours • 90,000 • Treated as heroes

  8. Intolerable Acts Laws: 1st: Closed the ports of Boston 2nd and 3rd: Increased powers of royal government 4th: Strengthened the 1765 Quartering Act

  9. Nationalism Definition: Devotion and loyalty to ones nation or the desire for national independence or advancement • Fought for freedom

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