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1770: all duties on imported goods were repealed except for one on imported tea 1773: Parliament passed the Tea Act to help the East India Company out of financial trouble Tea Act enabled the East India Company to sell tea very cheap Colonists feared that if the tea was unloaded, all the colonists would buy it British might pass duties for other goods Colonists feared local merchants would go out of business because the tea was sold directly to British agents

Boston Tea Party took place Dec. 16, 1773 Participants consisted of about 50-10o men disguised as Mohawk Indians The ships that were raided were the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver 342 containers of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor 10,000 Euros in tea were destroyed in the Boston Tea Party

This act stated that any British soldier arrested for murder would be brought to England for trial

This act stated that Massachusetts authorities were responsible for lodging British troops

Boston Tea Party encouraged Philadelphia, New York, and Charleston to reject the tea Intolerable Acts gained sympathy to Massachusetts, uniting colonies Boston Tea Party is considered to be one of the main causes of the Continental Congress

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