The Boston Tea Party

Question 1

What were the aims of the Tea Act in 1773?

Answer 1

attempt to shore up the EIC - allowed EIC to directly trade w America, rather than the mercantilist principle that everything must be traded through British ports

Question 2

What was thrown into the sea on the 16th December?

Answer 2

tea - about £10,000 worth of cargo

Question 3

How did Britain respond to that ?

Answer 3

the British response was to try to isolate Boston + Massacheussets and lock down the city/state under miliary control
-> punish the colony, but they underestimated the extent of intercolonial linkd and the level to which partiot support already existed in the other colonies

Question 4

What is the name of the act introduced in 1774?

Answer 4

The Coercive Acts

Question 5

Give two main aspects of the Coercive Acts

Answer 5

1] closure of the port of Boston from 1 June until all the tea was paid for

2] revising the charter of the colony to allow the governor to appoint and remove officials