1. The Tea Crisis
The Boston Tea Party

2. The Tea Act of 1773
East India Company sole right to ship tea to the colonies without paying taxes
*Makes EIC tea cheaper than all other tea creating a monopoly

3. Opposition to the Tea Act
Sam Adams: taking away American Liberties
Daughters of Liberty
“we will part with our tea”
NC tea was burned – Greenwich NJ
In all colonial ports except Boston ships with tea on them were made to turn around

4. The Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773
200 Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians raided the ships in Boston Harbor
342 chests of tea thrown into the harbor

8. Boston Tea Party
*colonials applauded the effort, but you still don’t have people arguing for independence
Colonists still believed they were part of the British empire.

9. The Coercive Acts
King George III realized he was losing control of the colonies
Punished the colonists
In 1774 the Coercive Acts are passed by Parliament

10. The Coercive Acts (The Intolerable Acts)
1. Boston Harbor closed until colonists replaced or paid for the tea
2. prohibits town meetings
3. Requires that colonist provide quarter for British troops

11. Isolation?
Britain hoped to isolate Boston from the rest of the colonies, but instead it united them to come to the aid of Boston
1774