The Boston Massacre and Tea Party
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šļø 16 December 2020
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Summary
TheĀ Boston MassacreĀ was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob inĀ Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leadingĀ PatriotsĀ such asĀ Paul RevereĀ andĀ Samuel Adams.[2][3][4]Ā British troops had been stationed in theĀ Province of Massachusetts BayĀ since 1768 in order to support crown-appointed officials and to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation.
TheĀ Boston Tea PartyĀ was an AmericanĀ politicalĀ and mercantile protest by theĀ Sons of LibertyĀ inĀ Boston,Ā Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.[1]Ā The target was theĀ Tea ActĀ of May 10, 1773, which allowed theĀ British East India CompanyĀ to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by theĀ Townshend Acts. American Patriots strongly opposed the taxes in the Townshend Act as a violation of their rights. Demonstrators, some disguised asĀ Native Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.
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| 0:19.3 | Wow what happened in here is |
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| 0:29.8 | This week's episode is about the Boston massacre and the Boston Tea Party so for Eli shenanigans this week |
| 0:36.1 | He destroyed the studio. No wait, that wasn't seriously dude and any second now any second now Tom and Heath |
| 0:43.1 | You're gonna come right into that door and on a ship and red or blackface. You know what Eli? |
| 0:49.1 | You've become so predictable every week. It's just a different way to destroy the studio and frankly |
| 0:55.2 | I'm not even surprised anymore. This is just it. I'm not surprised. Yeah, it's cliche guys. I didn't do this |
| 1:01.6 | Oh, yeah, well if you didn't do it who did and what the hell happened |
| 1:08.0 | Tom got his hand stuck in his pocket again |
| 1:10.0 | Okay, no, I alright, okay, that's that that's that tracks you broke way less stuff this time actually right I was proud of him |
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| 1:47.3 | Because this is the internet and that's how it works now. I'm Eli Bosnick and I'll be leading the charge |
| 1:52.5 | But I'll need some cannon fodder first up. Who manages finished raising 134,778 |
| 2:00.2 | Dollars to win back the Senate Tom and Cecil gentlemen |
| 2:04.7 | Thanks for slumming it down here with us simple folk |
| 2:07.2 | Well, this is actually literally the most America has ever cared about it slum like this joke is the most America |
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