Charleston Tea Party

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colonial protest event in the American colonies political protest

The Charleston Tea Party was a 1773 colonial protest in Charleston, South Carolina, in which residents seized and stored taxed British tea rather than allow its sale, reflecting growing resistance that paralleled the more famous Boston Tea Party.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial protest ⓘ event in the American colonies ⓘ political protest ⓘ
country	British America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
followedBy	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
hasCause	Tea Act ⓘ opposition to taxation without representation ⓘ taxation of British tea ⓘ
hasContext	growing colonial resistance to British taxation ⓘ prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
hasEffect	contributed to revolutionary sentiment in South Carolina ⓘ demonstrated colonial willingness to defy British trade regulations ⓘ increased colonial resistance to British policies ⓘ paralleled the Boston Tea Party ⓘ
hasLocation	Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina Province of South Carolina ⓘ
hasSubject	British tea imports ⓘ imperial taxation policy ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: American colonial period pre-Revolutionary era ⓘ
mannerOfProtest	seizure of British tea cargo ⓘ storage of tea to prevent its sale ⓘ
notableFeature	less famous than the Boston Tea Party ⓘ occurred the same year as the Boston Tea Party ⓘ tea was seized and stored rather than destroyed ⓘ
opposed	British tea tax ⓘ sale of taxed British tea ⓘ
opposedBy	British authorities ⓘ
participant	American colonists ⓘ Charleston residents ⓘ
pointInTime	1773 ⓘ
relatedEvent	Boston Tea Party ⓘ Tea Act protests ⓘ
relatedTo	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution colonial resistance movements ⓘ
significance	example of organized non-importation and non-consumption of taxed goods ⓘ illustrates Southern colonial participation in resistance to Britain ⓘ

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Charleston → significantEvent → Charleston Tea Party ⓘ