“波士顿茶会”与第一届大陆会议的召开

On Boston Tea Party and the Origins of the Continental Congress

"波士顿茶会"是北美独立战争爆发之前殖民地与母国长期艰难对抗过程中的一个小小的插曲,此后随着形势的发展,北美走上了独立之路。历史的发展不是一蹴而就的,仅凭这样一个小小的事件,是难以改变历史的。"波士顿茶会"后,席卷大陆的抗议和宣传,以及轰轰烈烈的公众动员运动,推动着争取殖民地权利和自由的思想在整个北美大陆的普遍传播,联合抵制的思想也成为各殖民地人民的共识。这些思想和理念的大众化和常识化是第一届大陆会议得以召开的前提,并为之提供了合法性基础。

Boston Tea Party was just an episode in the confrontation between the British North American and the mother nation before The Independence War. Though having provided a new chance for resistance, it was not a determinant factor in the American History. It was the continental - wide movement of resisting and propagandizing that made the thoughts of preserving colonial right and liberty prevalent, and people more and more realized the urgency of united resist. Public opinion and mass support of united resistance as a source of legitimacy laid a firm foundation for the continental congress.