Most people have heard about the Boston Tea Party. When Americans dumped British Tea in Boston Harbor. But not everyone understands the importance of it, and why the Tea Party is still remembered today. It was on December 16, 1773, when American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company from ships into Boston Harbor. "The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea (the Townshend Acts) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company (also the called English East India Company. On December 16, 1773, American patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded the vessels of the East India Company docked in the Boston harbor and dumped all the tea that was on the three ships into the ocean. They emptied 342 chests of tea which was valued at more than 10,000 pounds. This event became known as the "Boston Tea Party." The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to the Tea Act of 1773 that was passed by Parliament to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy. The Tea Act essentially eliminated all taxes on tea except the three pence Townshend tax. More importantly, it offered Americans tea at a lower price than that of the colonial smugglers.
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Preston seems to point the blame on the angry Bostonian mob, they started firing their muskets because they heard some one yelled fire.
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A) a young woman in the 1920a
Explanation:
<u>The Western girls from the 1920s who were rebelling to the previous ideas about women were called Flappers. </u>
They were considered rebellious, even decadent for the time - they smoked, drank, wore heavy makeup, skirts that were considered short for the time (knee-length), sleeveless dresses, listened to jazz and were very independent.
They made moves on the fields of education, science, law, literature, and pursued careers. They demanded economic and social freedom.
They also started the talk about sex and birth control, for the first time in history. All of this took another step when nurse Margaret Sanger provided contraceptive pills for women and started an organization that would become what is today known as Planned Parenthood.
