250 tons of chests of tea were dumped in the boston harbor.
250 tons of chests of tea were dumped in the boston harbor.
how many chests of tea were dumped in the boston harbor?
250 tons
by the late 1760s americans focused on their rights as englishmen, especially the principle of "no taxation without representation," as articulated by john rowe, james otis, samuel adams and other boston firebrands. boston played the primary role in sparking both the american revolution and the ensuing american revolutionary war. the boston massacre came on march 5, 1770, when british soldiers fired into unarmed demonstrators outside the british custom house, resulting in the deaths of five civilians and dramatically escalating tensions. parliament, meanwhile, insisted on its right to tax the americans and finally came up with a small tax on tea. up and down the 13 colonies, americans prevented merchants from selling the tea, but a shipment arrived in boston harbor. on december 16, 1773, 30–60 local sons of liberty, disguised as native americans, dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor in the boston tea party. the sons of liberty decided to take action in order to defy britain's new tax on tea, but the british government retaliated with a series of harsh laws, closing down the port of boston and stripping massachusetts of its self-government. the other colonies rallied in solidarity behind massachusetts, setting up the first continental congress, while arming and training militia units. the british sent more troops to boston, and made its commander general thomas gage the governor. gage believed the patriots were hiding munitions in the town of concord, and he sent troops to capture them. paul revere, william dawes, and dr. samuel prescott made their famous midnight rides to alert the minutemen in the surrounding towns, who fought the resulting battle of lexington and concord in april 1775. it was the first battle of the american revolution.
history of boston
the boston tea party was an act of protest by the american colonists against great britain for the tea act in which they dumped many chests of tea into boston harbor. the cuts to taxation on tea undermined american smugglers, who destroyed the tea in retaliation for its exemption from taxes. britain reacted harshly, and the conflict escalated to war in 1775.









































section::::capitation tax.









































an assessment levied by the government upon a person at a fixed rate regardless of income or worth.









































section::::tariffs.









































section::::tariffs.:income for federal government.
history of taxation in the united states