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 * The Calling of a Tea Act & The Throwing of a Cartel! **

The Tea Act, passed by British Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a cartel on tea sales in the American colonies. This was what ultimately compelled the Sons of Liberty members on the night of December 16, 1773 to act. They disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians; boarded three ships docked in the Boston Harbor, and destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea by dumping it into the Boston Harbor.







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On Monday morning, November 29, 1773, a handbill was posted all over Boston, stating the following words: "Friends! Brethren! Countrymen!--That worst of plagues, the detested tea, shipped for this port by the East India Company, is now arrived in the harbor.



**DIRT ON THE TEA PARTY:**

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**May 10, 1773** - British Parliament passed the Tea Act, which granted the British East India Company Tea a cartel on tea sales in the American colonies.

**November 29, 1773** - A handill was posted all over Boston letting the colonists know that the detested tea, shipped for this port by the East India Company, is now arrived in the harbor. **December 16, 1773** - The Sons of Liberty digused themselves as Mohawk Indians; boarded three ships docked in the Boston Harbor, and destroyed over 92, 000 pounds of tea by dumping it into the Boston Habor. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">**1774** - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed several acts to punish Massachusetts. The Coercive Acts were introduced by the new government of Lord North, who acted with the direct encouragement of King George III. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">**1774** - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Parliament followed the enactment of these measures with the passage of the Quebec Act, an unrelated piece of legislation, but one that was regarded by the colonists as equally "intolerable." <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">**June 1, 1774** - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">British Parliament passed the Boston Port Bill, which banned the loading or unloading of any ships in the Boston Habor. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">**June 2, 1774** -<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> As part of the Coercive Acts, Lord North’s disciplinary program against Massachusetts following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament amended the Quartering acts of 1765 and 1766. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">**May 20, 1774** - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Administration of Justice Act offered protection to royal officials in Massachusetts, allowing them to transfer to England all court cases against them involving riot suppression or revenue collection. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 115%;">**May 20, 1774** -<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> The Massachusetts Government Act put the election of most government officials under the control of the Crown, essentially eliminating the Massachusetts charter of government.