... the founder of the radical movement the Sons of Liberty, the writer of the rights of the colonists, principal organizer of the Boston Tea Party, member of the Continental Congress, signatory of the Declaration of Independence. From the beginning, he showed a firm resistance to parliaments taxing the colonies ... This destruction of the tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid and inflexible, it must have important consequences."" The "Boston Tea Party- angered the British who viewed it as pure destructiveness and open disregard of British authority. A more radical patriot leader Jos...

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... British. As a result the colonists began to fight every new act or law that the British concocted. One of the most infamous protests by the colonists is the Boston Tea Party. Brought about by the Tea Act in 1773 that allowed the East Indian Company to bypass American wholesalers (cutting out the wholesaler's profit), a group of colonists boarded a ship laden with ... increasingly oppressed when England implemented numerous debilitating acts in an effort to maintain control over its colony. A climax in the tension was reached when colonists defied Great Britain during the Boston Tea Part...

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... pay custom duties. After gathering a meeting, about 150 men disguised themselves as Indians and dumped every tea chest into the water. The furious royal government responded to this "Boston Tea Party" by the so-called Intolerable Acts of 1774, practically eliminating self-government in Massachusetts and closing Boston's port. . Also called the Coercive Acts, they were a major factor contributing to the ... neither Parliament nor King would hear or consult them. Britain's greatest error was to misjudge the Thirteen Colonies, their attitudes, capabilities and levels of society. Too few fi...

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