1. “Boston Harbor is a teapot tonight!”
The Boston Tea Party
“Boston Harbor is a teapot tonight!”

2. A Tax on Tea
Due to the tension following the Boston Massacre, Parliament repealed the Townsend Acts but kept a tax on tea.
Why? To show that it still claimed the right to tax the colonists.

3. The Tea Act Much of the tea in the colonies was smuggled in
East India Company asked Parliament for permission to directly sell to the colonies
Low prices would convince colonists to buy their tea, increasing the tax revenue and helping E.I.C. pay off debt

4. Tea Act Continued… Passed in 1773
Opposed by many smugglers and merchants
Afraid E.I.C. would put them out of business
Others feared E.I.C. gained a monopoly on the tea trade.
End result: Colonists opposed the Act

5. All Ye Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Welcome

6. Meeting Minutes… Problems we are having with Britain
What shall we do about the Tea?
In Favor/Opposed
Your leaders will be allowed to address our congregation
We Vote!

7. Atrocities! Let us Discuss…
Sugar
Stamp
Townshend
Tea

8. East India Company Tea…How to Respond?1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

9. In Favor and Opposed
In Favor Opposed

10. Boston Tea Party 3 Ships, Boston Harbor, Nov 1773
Sons of Liberty demands
Thomas Hutchinson – governor of Mass
Ordered that they unload tea
December 16, 1773
colonists disguised as Indians crept onto the three ships, dumping 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor!

11. Historical Accounts First Recorded Account
Man who lived to 115 and was at the Tea Party
Boston Gazette Article

12. Compare/Contrast
Can you identify differences in individual accounts?

13. The Taxman Cometh
Film Clip

14. TASK
CHALLENGE: Draw a political cartoon depicting the Boston Tea Party from the Point of View of the Sons of Liberty.