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प्रश्न
Write a short note on the Boston Tea Party.
उत्तर
- Bypassing local merchants and enforcing taxes without representation, the British East India Company was able to sell tea directly to the colonies according to the Tea Act of 1773.
- At Boston Harbour, American colonists dressed as Native Americans protested by boarding British ships and throwing 342 chests of tea into the sea.
- By raising tensions between the American colonists and the British government, this act of defiance fuelled the American independence movement and resulted in a harsh British response through the Intolerable Acts.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly:
The British monarch, King George III, refused to withdraw the unjust and oppressive Acts imposed on the colonists and declared war on them. In this context discuss:
The terms and long-term impact of the Treaty of Paris
American War of Independence was ended with the Peace of Paris in the year____________.
The battle of Bunker Hill was fought on____________.
Why did the local tea traders boycott the foreign tea?
Describe the results of American war of Independence.
The ______ led to intense anti-British propaganda through newspapers, posters, and pamphlets.
Mention the names of the prominent members of the second continental congress.
Mention the importance of the victory of the Americans at Yorktown.
Mention the three major revolutions in the second half of the eighteenth century in the modern world.
Answer all questions given under the heading.
Increasing incidence of Taxation
- What was the Sugar Act?
- What was the Currency Act?
- Explain the Quartering Act.
- What was the Stamp Act?
