BOSTON TEA PARTY

By lily.sargent

  • TEA ACT

    British Parliament passes the Tea Act which put a new tax on tea per once, to show America that England still had control over them

  • TENSION BUILDS

    An American newspaper was published talking about the Tea Act for the first time, causing widespread debate.

  • RESIGNATION

    A town meeting where about 1000 people showed up, demanded that tea consignees resign due to the tax.

  • IN CHECK

    2,500 people arrive to a town meeting, in which 25 men are told to guard the ships so all the tea is properly unloaded