Boston Tea Party

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colonial protest historical event political protest

The Boston Tea Party was a 1773 colonial protest in which American colonists, opposing British taxation, boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped chests of tea into the water, helping spark the American Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
British East India Company tea	1
Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial protest ⓘ historical event ⓘ political protest ⓘ
aftermath	closure of Boston Harbor under the Boston Port Act ⓘ heightened colonial resistance ⓘ stationing of additional British troops in Boston ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Boston Tea Party ⓘ surface form: Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor
cause	British taxation policies ⓘ Tea Act ⓘ surface form: Tea Act of 1773 monopoly of the British East India Company on tea sales ⓘ taxation without representation ⓘ
colony	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay
commemoratedBy	Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum ⓘ
commemoratedOn	December 16 (annual commemorations) ⓘ
country	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: British America
date	1773-12-16 ⓘ
estimatedTeaChestsDestroyed	342 ⓘ
estimatedTeaValue	about £10,000 (1773 value) ⓘ
estimatedTeaWeight	approximately 90,000 pounds ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key event leading to the American Revolution ⓘ
legalStatusAtTime	illegal act under British law ⓘ
location	Port of Boston ⓘ surface form: Boston Harbor Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
method	boarding ships in Boston Harbor ⓘ destruction of tea cargo ⓘ dumping tea chests into the water ⓘ
movement	American colonial resistance movement ⓘ
numberOfShipsInvolved	3 ⓘ
opposedBy	British authorities in Massachusetts ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
opposedPolicy	Tea Act ⓘ Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ
organizedBy	Sons of Liberty ⓘ
participant	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: American colonists John Hancock ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ surface form: Samuel Adams members of the Sons of Liberty ⓘ
partOf	events leading to the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
result	First Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: convening of the First Continental Congress increased tensions between Britain and the American colonies ⓘ passage of the Coercive Acts ⓘ unification of colonial opposition to British rule ⓘ
shipInvolved	Beaver ⓘ Dartmouth ⓘ Eleanor ⓘ
sloganAssociated	no taxation without representation ⓘ
target	Boston Tea Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British East India Company tea
year	1773 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boston Tea Party → alsoKnownAs → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor

British colonial authorities → associatedEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston National Historical Park → associatedWithEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Patriot (American Revolution) → engagedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston, Massachusetts → event → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum → focusesOnEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Massachusetts → historicalEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Harbor → historicalEventSite → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston is a major city in New England → hostedEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Boston

British East India Company → involvedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms → mentionsEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Intolerable Acts → motivatedBy → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Sons of Liberty → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Liberty Boys → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → notableWork → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Beaver → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Dartmouth → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Eleanor → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Paul Revere → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Battles of Lexington and Concord → precededBy → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Petition to the King → precededBy → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Massacre → precedes → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Charleston Tea Party → relatedEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → relatedEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Administration of Justice Act → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Tea Act → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Patriots → significantEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Thirteen Colonies → significantEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Province of Massachusetts Bay → siteOf → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

British East India Company → suppliedTeaFor → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Tea Party → target → Boston Tea Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British East India Company tea

Tea Act → triggeredEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ