Adams wrote a letter calling for a mass meeting to be held and thousands of people arrived at the Old South Meeting House. On December 16th 30-130 men left the meeting and ran to the harbor and destroyed 342 chests of tea into the war which is now known as the Tea Party. The Bengal Famine of 1770 was a catastrophic famine that affected the lower plain of India, Bangladesh and parts of Assam, Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand. The famine occurred due to the British East India Company’s policies in Bengal. They raised taxes from 10-50% and starved the populace to get the maximum profits.
Riots and protests burst across the county, the biggest and most influential one being the famous Boston Tea Party. In this riot, an English boat carrying tea shipments was docked in the Boston Harbor. About 150 men dressed as Indians, went aboard the ship, and dumped tea boxes overboard into the harbor. Another important cause of the American Revolution is The Boston Massacre. British soldiers stationed in Boston became increasingly unpopular to Boston locals and one day, the locals held a protest outside a British customs house.
The three British ships were called the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver Angry residents threatened not to buy or use the tea Government of Great Britain passed the Tea act, a law that almost guaranteed that the American colonists would buy tea from the East India “Boston citizens of all ages watch and cheer from the docks as the “Indians” dump the shipments of hated British tea into the waters of the harbor” (Dolan 7) “The Boston Tea Party lasts only four hours. Case after case of tea is poured into the harbor in that time. Then the “Indians” sweep the decks and holds clean and leave the ships as they found them” (Dolan 30) The son’s of liberty’s outfits were meant to keep their identities a secret from the Boston authorities, who would be mad by what In 1774 five laws were passed that we now call today, The Intolerable Acts
So, Colbert created the idea of minimizing imports so that France would not throw its riches back into the rest of the world. Mercantilism said to buy the least possible from other countries. Although, tea was one good that the French imported a lot of. So, to compensate somewhat for their import costs, they started taxing foreign items in order to keep as much money in the country as possible. This might have been seen as being selfish to other countries, which is why other nations eventually started taxing goods from France.
In the ensuing months, mobs boarded East India Company tea ships in New York and Annapolis, preventing the landing of any tea. Colonists up and down the coast of North America continued to boycott East India Company tea. The Boston Tea Party had created a crisis between the colonists and Parliament. British officials condemned the action as vandalism and passed the Coercive Acts (1774), which curtailed self-government in Massachusetts and closed Boston's port until the colony paid for the tea. These harsh measures generated support and sympathy for the Boston radicals throughout the colonies.
The Boston Tea Party On December 16, 1773, an action called The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by the Sons of Liberty (Boston colonists) in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts against the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported in to the colonies. The Boston Thea Party arose from several issues confronting the British Empire: High taxes on tea, the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre and the officials in Boston refused to send back the three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain. What the Sons of Liberty did, was that they boarded the ship at night and threw all the tea in to the sea. Within three hours 342 chests of tea were burst open and their contents emptied in to the sea. As you can see in this picture, the participants dressed up as moderate Indians, but did they really dress up?
Wendy Warner Intro to American Government William Schweers February 7, 2012 “Tea Party” The name “Tea Party” is a reference to the Boston Tea Party, a protest by colonists who objected to a British tax on tea in 1773 and demonstrated by dumping British tea taken from docked ships into the harbor. Some commentators have referred to the Tea in “Tea Party” as the backronym “Taxed Enough Already”. The Tea Party movement is a political movement in America aimed at clearly communicating to Washington its displeasure with government spending. The Tea Party movement has no central leadership, but is composed of a loose affiliation of national and local groups that determine their own platforms and agendas. The Tea Party movement has been cited as an example of grassroots political activity, although it has been described as an example of astroturfing.
Three Major Causes to the American Revolution The Americans fought for their freedom from England in the Revolutionary War. For almost thirteen years England and the colonies debated taxes and laws. In December of 1773, the colonists surprised the British by throwing tea overboard British ships. During the night, the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships, cut the crates of tea open, and threw it overboard. They ended up throwing 90,000 pounds of tea overboard.
Just think if Spain still had control over Cuba and Hawaii, we would have to spend more money as a country to import sugar and pineapples. With America going to war with Spain and gaining control of Hawaii and Cuba these things are not taxed as much as they would have been. During the war however, many people in Spain and supporting Spain in the war, burnt the sugar cane fields and threatened the lives of many. People against the idea of imperialism were worried about the wars that it might entail and I cannot say that I blame them. With the Spanish American War happening because of the imperialism, this brought many people in America against the idea.
Feeling helpless due to the economy they become addicted to claiming help from other sources other than themselves because it just seems easier. Thomas argues,” Anyone who thinks dysfunctional government is going to help their dreams is putting their faith in the wrong place.” In other words, the government cannot help everyone. Instead we should but putting our faith into ourselves. We are what makes America today, and if we don’t like it, then maybe we should take action and change it. If we were to start by supporting small business, we would be creating more employment, and keeping money in the community.