The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
The British took this as a personal offense. How did Western powers gain greater trading rights with China? Western powers began to make unequal treaties with China. The first treaty was after the first Opium war, TREATY of NANJING (China had to open 5 ports, one of which included Canton).
Answer:
1863
Explanation:
The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ends slavery in the rebelling states.
The 3/5 compromise is when 3 out of 5 slaves count for representatives . So this represents the interest of both northern and southern states by showing that they wanted representation in population in order for each state to be more powerful than the other.
Quakers, believed that all men and women were equal in the eyes of God and should listen to their "inner light" or conscience to guide their spiritual connection with God and the Bible
