Colonists Acts of Resistance

Prior to the start of the American Revolution, there was considerable class dissension developing in the cities and urban regions alike. In Boston, rich and poor were at odds, with the rich trying to keep the poor humble and the poor showing growing anger toward the rich. The conflict between rich and poor in the countryside was used by political leaders to mobilize the population against England. There were strong social movements in the Northeast aimed at a handful of rich landlords. Land rioters saw the issue as poor against rich. In the northern cities where the key battles were being fought, the colonial leaders had a divided white population. The leaders could win over certain segments of society, classes that were adversely affected by the British. Most o

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nd encountered public protests. The ships arrived in the harbor but were refused permission to unload. The customs officials would not clear the cargo, and the Governor would not give permission for the ships to return to England without a clearance from customs. It was after this on the night of December 16 when a group of men with blackened faces and costumed like Indians, calling themselves Mohawks, boarded the three tea ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor. FIRST SIDE The most comprehensive study of the Boston Tea Party is that written by Benjamin W. Labaree. Labaree approaches the issue in terms of immediate issues and specific actions rather than taking a view of long-range determinants as causes of the rupture in imperial relations. He begins by indicating the vital importance of tea as compared to other goods exported by Britain to the American colonies, and smuggling was widespread in the Middle colonies where the illegal trade in tea exceeded the legitimate traffic for the East India Company. The colonists argued that the reduction of tea prices by the East India Company would enable it to undersell smuggled tea, but Labaree disagrees with this point. Historians of an earlier age believed that Ame
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