Question

How were the colonists punished for the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 1

Hint:
-Boston Tea Party incident in which American patriots, disguised as Mohawk Indians, threw 342 tea boxes from ships to the Boston Harbor.
-The event was the first big defiance against British colonial rule.
-The Boston Tea Party encouraged the settlers to defend their rights and risk their lives by fighting for independence. It is not only for the Americans but for other rebels to counter injustice in the world that the Boston Tea Party also has its inspiration.

Complete answer:
Boston Tea Party -
The Boston Tea Party in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773, became an American political and commercial protest by the Soils of Liberty. The target was the Tea Law dated 10 May 1773, allowing the British East India Company, without paying taxes other than those set by the Townshend Act, to sell tea from China in American colonies. As a violation of their rights, American Patriots firmly opposed taxes in the Townshend Act. Demonstrators, some of them disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire East India Corporation shipment of tea.

Why did the tea party come to Boston?
-In the 1760s Great Britain was deeply indebted, so a set of taxes were imposed on US colonists, which helped pay those debts.
-The UK Government considered taxes fair as much of its debt has been earned by the combatants on behalf of the colonists. The settlers disagreed, however. They were furious to be taxed without any parliamentary representation and felt it was wrong for Britain to tax them in order to make income.

The colonists punished for Boston Tea Party –
i) The Coercive Acts of 1774 were a series of four laws passed by the British National Parliament for the Boston's Tea Party to punish the Massachusetts Bay colony.
ii) The Boston Port Bill fined Boston for the Boston Tea Party's destroyed tea, and the port shut down until fines were paid.
iii) The government bill re-wrote the charter of the colony of Massachusetts that granted the royal governor broadly expanded power.
iv) The Quartering Act was intended to provide shelter for the British troops and to allow them to stay in private buildings in all the colonies of North America.
v) The Administration of Justice Act allowed the governor to send government officials indicted for trial to other colonies or London.



Note:
i) The Intolerable Acts had the opposite effect instead of isolating Boston from other North American colonies. The First Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia in the autumn of 1774, with representatives from all the colonies except for Georgia. The Congress aimed at showing Boston's support and developing a harmonised approach to the British.

ii) However, the colonies were plagued by divisions. Although the congress agreed that the British imported goods would be boycotted, the North and South colonies fiercely argued over a measure prohibiting all exports to England.