Boston Tea Party
● They are protesting
because they are upset
about the taxes they
have to pay for tea.
● They dumped 342
chests of tea into the
Boston Harbor to protest
the British tax on tea.
● The colonists were not
able to get permission to
deliver the East Indian
Company tea to London
because they didn’t
unload the tea or pay the
taxes.
● The British are afraid
that the colonists would
destroy their ships and
their tea.
● For the colonists
transporting Tea up the
Boston Harbor meant
that their cargo and ship
would be damaged.
● The colonists would
also not be permitted to
land the tea in any port
of the province without
paying taxes.
● The patriotic inhabitants
of Lexington,
Massachusetts, resolved
against the use of all tea.
So they burnt all the tea
in town at a common
bonfire.
Similarities Hong Kong Protest
● Both were protesting ● People in Hong Kong
and they were upset. are protesting because
they are unhappy with
the legal authority.
● Protesters told their
chief a list of demands:
Stop the extradition bill,
Create an official report
on police behavior and
pardon arrested.
● Protesters have been
taking over the subway
the streets and the
airport.
● The extradition bill was
having a problem this
bill might allow China's
government to target
certain people.
● The people in Hong
Kong are worried that
China might send
soldiers to control their
entire city of 7.5 billion
people.