the Boston Tea Party

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:caused_by taxation without representation
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party_Ships_and_Museum
gptkbp:date December 16, 1773
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:The_Boston_Tea_Party_by_Nathaniel_Currier
gptkbp:founded_in gptkb:Committees_of_Correspondence
gptkbp:historical_impact increased tensions between Britain and America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Boston Tea Party
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Declaration_of_Independence
gptkbp:inspired future protests against British rule
gptkbp:involved_destruction_of_property 342 chests of tea
gptkbp:is_a_moment_of gptkb:American_history
the struggle for American independence
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in gptkb:American_history
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:Paul_Revere
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Patriot
gptkbp:is_organized_by gptkb:Sons_of_Liberty
gptkbp:is_referenced_in American literature
gptkbp:is_remembered_for gptkb:National_Tea_Party_Day
gptkbp:is_significant_for defiance against British rule
protest against British authority
gptkbp:is_taught_in American history classes
gptkbp:key_event the buildup to the American Revolution
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:location gptkb:Boston_Harbor
gptkbp:notable_event American Revolutionary history
the lead-up to independence
gptkbp:participants approximately 150
American colonists
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Boston_Massacre
gptkb:First_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:Intolerable_Acts
gptkbp:significance symbol of resistance
gptkbp:targeted_company gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:trade_goods gptkb:tea
gptkbp:type gptkb:protests
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for military action against Britain
gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of collective action
civil disobedience
gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to Boston Tea Party reenactments
gptkbp:was_a_protest_against monopoly on tea trade
gptkbp:was_a_protest_that_involved the destruction of tea
gptkbp:was_a_protest_that_led_to the Revolutionary War.
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Tea_Act_of_1773
gptkb:Tea_Act
British economic policies
gptkbp:was_a_response_to_british_taxation without representation
gptkbp:was_a_turning_point_for gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:was_characterized_by disguise as Native Americans
gptkbp:was_condemned_by gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:was_influenced_by Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:was_part_of Colonial resistance movement
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:Patriot
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3