The Events before and after The Boston Tea Party
"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."
Samuel Adams |
May 10 1773 - Parliament passed the tea act, lowering the tax on tea to 3 pence per pound trying to support the British East India Company.
August 4 1773 – The British East India Company introduces the selection of tea consignees, the only merchants, who will be allowed to sell tea. November 27 1773- 2500 people gathered in the town meeting at old South Meeting House and appointed 25 people to guard the ships. November 28 1773 - The first tea ship arrived to the Boston harbor and it was called the Dartmouth. December 13 1773 - The Citizens of Lexington, Massachusetts burn all the tea they owned in a common bonfire. December 16 1773 - 342 chests of tea are destroyed because the Sons of Liberty were throwing the tea from the ships into the harbor. March 8 1774 – Bostonians destroyed the tea that was on the ship, Fortune, which arrived from London carrying tea two days earlier. March 30 1774 – Parliament passes the Boston Port Bill closing the Boston Harbor from shipping and trading goods. May 13 1774 – The Boston town meeting officials refused to pay for the destroyed tea and tells other colonies to boycott all trade with Great Britain. May 20 1774 – Parliament passes the Administration of Justice act putting Boston Massachusetts under martial law, and extreme prejudice towards the colonists. |