boston tea party

English - Turkish

Definition of boston tea party in English Turkish dictionary

Boston Çay Partisi

English - English

Definition of boston tea party in English English dictionary

{i} event which occurred on the 16th of December 1773 in which American Colonists stormed British ships and threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of British taxation policies (U.S. History)

a protest in Boston in 1773 against the British tax on tea, when tea was thrown from British ships into the water. This is often considered to be the event that started the American Revolutionary War. Incident on Dec. 16, 1773, in which American patriots dressed as Indians threw 342 chests of tea from three British ships into Boston Harbour. Their leader was Samuel Adams. The action was taken to prevent the payment of a British-imposed tax on tea and to protest the British monopoly of the colonial tea trade authorized by the Tea Act. In retaliation, Parliament passed the punitive Intolerable Acts, which further united the colonies in their opposition to the British

demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea

Hyphenation

bos·ton tea par·ty

Turkish pronunciation

bôstın ti pärti

Pronunciation

/ˈbôstən ˈtē ˈpärtē/ /ˈbɔːstən ˈtiː ˈpɑːrtiː/