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The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.
The Boston Tea Party is a 1908 silent film directed by Edwin S. Porter, and produced and distributed by Edison Studios. The film is a fictionalized depiction of the events of the December 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party. [1] It was the film debut of actor Charles Stanton Ogle. [2]
The Boston Tea Party was a concert venue located first at 53 Berkeley Street in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, and later relocated to 15 Lansdowne Street in the former site of competitor, the Ark, in Boston's Kenmore Square neighborhood, across the street from Fenway Park. It operated from 1967 to the end of 1970.
When harsh British retaliation for the Boston Tea Party resulted in further violence by the colonists, the American Revolution erupted in Boston. Colonists besieged the British in the city, fighting a famous battle at Breed's Hill in Charlestown on June 17, 1775—a battle lost by the colonists but one that inflicted great damage on British forces.
The Boston Tea Party is a 1915 American silent historical film directed by Eugene Nowland. [1] The film is an extended remake of the 1908 film of the same name, also from Edison Studios , and depicts the events of the December 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party .
After the Boston Massacre in 1770, yearly anniversary meetings were held at the church until 1775, featuring speakers such as John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren. In 1773, 5,000 people met in the Meeting House to debate British taxation and, after the meeting, a group raided three tea ships anchored nearby in what became known as the Boston Tea ...
December 16: Boston Tea Party. [22] [23] 1774 January: Royal American Magazine begins publication. March 31: Boston Port Bill blocks trade. [1] 1775 April 19: Siege of Boston begins. June 17: Battle of Bunker Hill takes place near town. 1776 – March 17: Siege of Boston ends; British depart. [1] [18] 1784 – Massachusetts Bank founded.
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