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The Philadelphia Tea Party was an incident in late December 1773, shortly after the more famous Boston Tea Party, [1] in which a British tea ship was intercepted by American colonists and forced to return its cargo to Great Britain.
The March to Valley Forge, an 1883 painting by William B. T. Trego now part of the Museum of the American Revolution collection in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Tea Party (October 16, 1773) First Continental Congress (September 5 to October 26, 1774) Continental Association created (October 20, 1774) Petition to the King ratified (October 25, 1774)
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.
A few merchants in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Charlestown were selected to receive the company's tea for resale. [174] In late 1773, seven ships were sent to the colonies carrying East India Company tea, including four bound for Boston. [175] News of the Tea Act set off a firestorm of protest in the colonies.
The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party was already on the boil, ... Philadelphia and Charleston. ... Ship bound for Boston Tea Party wrecked on Cape Cod in 1773. Show comments. Advertisement.
Boston Tea Party mural in statehouse. Effective May 10, 1773, the Tea Act 1773 went into effect. This act was designed to assist the financially troubled British East India Company and enable tea to enter North America priced lower than the tea typically smuggled in to avoid taxes. [3]
The East India Company had eighteen million pounds of tea sitting in British warehouses unsold. [60] On 14 January 1773, the directors of the EIC asked for a government loan and unlimited access to the tea market in the American colonies, both of which were granted. [61] In August, the Bank of England assisted the EIC with a loan. [62]
To say the Tea Party faithful were not feeling the love Thursday in Philadelphia's Love Park would be an understatement. The park features Robert Indiana's famous sculpture that spells out "L-O-V ...