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What was the Boston Tea Party? (Introduction / Topic sentence)

The Boston Tea Party was

What were the causes of the Boston Tea Party? (Evidence from the text - slides 6-7)

The causes of the Boston Tea Party were

What were the effects of the Boston Tea Party? (evidence from the text- slides 8-11)

The effects of the Boston Tea Party were

Why was the Boston Tea Party an important step in the sequence of events leading to the colonies declaring independence (freedom)?

The Boston Tea Party was important because

How did the Boston Tea Party and the passing of the Intolerable Acts lead to colonists declaring independence (wanting freedom) from Great Britain? (evidence)

The Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts lead to colonists declaring independence from Great Britain by/because

Concluding sentence

In conclusion,

1.The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

2. The cause of the Boston Tea party is because of all of the new taxes made the American Colonists angry

3.As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for. This was implemented under the 1774 Intolerable Acts and known as the Boston Port Act.

4.This act, which came to be known as the Boston Tea Party, was important because it fueled the tension between Britain and America that ultimately led to the Revolutionary War, which started in 1775 and led to America winning its independence from Britain.

5.The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government.

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