1、,The Boston Tea Party,5110209151 蓝捷,历史视野下的美国历史与文化-SJTU,Background,3 years after the Boston Massacre,The controversy kept deepening,The foundation of Committees of Correspondence(通信委员会),Overview,The Boston Tea Party,Background,In 1770, the Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties, except that on
2、tea.,Tea from the East India Company was unsalable. it came to the brink of bankruptcy.,The Parliament passed the Tea Act to save the company.,3 years after the Boston Massacre,The Boston Tea Party,Background,Burning the customs schooner, Gaspee,The taxes still were heavy and intolerant loads on col
3、onials shoulder.,The dump(倾销)of taxed tea endangered the colonials.,Deepening controversy,The Boston Tea Party,Background,3 years after the Boston Massacre,The controversy kept deepening,The foundation of Committees of Correspondence(通信委员会),Overview,The Boston Tea Party,Background,Leaders: Samuel Ad
4、ams, Thomas Jefferson,Designed to exchange information and to coordinate measures to defend colonial right,The Leader of the Boston Tea Party,Committees of Correspondence,The Boston Tea Party,Background,Against the dump of tea and for the rights of colonials,Committees of Correspondence took a lead,
5、The Boston Tea party,Summary,The Boston Tea Party,Course of Event,The course,The Boston Tea Party,Consequence,the four Intolerant Act(Coercive Acts(强制法案), Massachusetts Government Act, Impartial Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act(驻军法案) and the Quebec Act,There is no way to harmonize the Parliament and the colonials,It directly led to War of Independence,The result,The Boston Tea Party,The TEA Party,The TEA Party never dies,The Boston Tea Party,The end,The Boston Tea Party,Thank you for your attention!,