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Andersonville Prison 1774 The Boston Tea Party. Boston. The Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, insisted that tea be unloaded in Boston. a boycott organized by the Sons of Liberty. Protests in the colonies against the Stamp Acts had died down when Parliament passed the Tea Act. Adams denounced the Governor for denying clearance for vessels wishing to leave with tea still on board. From the crowd, 50 individuals emerged dressed as Indians. They boarded three vessels docked in the harbor and threw 90,000 pounds of tea overboard.