The news of the Boston Tea Party reached London, England on January 20, 1774, and as a result the British<span> shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of </span>British<span> East India Company tea were paid for. This was implemented under the 1774 Intolerable Acts and known as the Boston Port Act.</span>
The American Revolutionary War was formally ended.
The British acknowledged the independence of the United States.
The colonial empire of Great Britain was destroyed in North America.
U.S. boundaries were established.
