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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Boston Tea Party canonical	42
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 ⓘ

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Subject: Boston Tea Party
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (44)

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

Massachusetts → historicalEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Thirteen Colonies → significantEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: British East India Company tea

Boston Tea Party → alsoKnownAs → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

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

Boston Massacre → precedes → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston, Massachusetts → event → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Tea Act → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Tea Act → triggeredEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Boston

Beaver → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

Sons of Liberty → notableWork → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

Intolerable Acts → motivatedBy → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Paul Revere → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

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

British colonial authorities → associatedEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Eleanor → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

British East India Company → involvedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

British East India Company → suppliedTeaFor → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Petition to the King → precededBy → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Harbor → historicalEventSite → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

Province of Massachusetts Bay → siteOf → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Sons of Liberty → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Liberty Boys → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Patriots → significantEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston National Historical Park → associatedWithEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Administration of Justice Act → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

Dartmouth → participatedIn → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Charleston Tea Party → relatedEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

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

Military history of Massachusetts → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Colonial Boston → notableEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Edenton Tea Party → follows → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Edenton Tea Party → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Revenue Act of 1767 → relatedTo → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Articles of Association → relatedEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution → coversEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ

Boston Gazette → associatedWithEvent → Boston Tea Party ⓘ