THE BOSTON TEA PARTY: AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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By Ms. De Leon, EDU 133
July 2020

What is the Boston Tea Party? pounds of the British tea into
the harbor.
 The Boston Tea Party is
 This angered the British
famously remembered as the
government, especially because
act of destroying thousands of
most of the shareholders in the
pounds of British tea by tossing
trading company were also
it into the harbor.
members of Parliament*.
When did it happen?
 The Boston Tea Party took
place in December of 1773, in
Boston, Massachusetts.

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What Happened?
 The British enacted a new law
to add tax to their tea, which
they were trying to force the
Americans to buy.
 A group of radicals, called the
Sons of Liberty, disguised
themselves as Mohawk Indians
and snuck onto the British ships
and dumped thousands of
government, in England
Why did it happen?
 The Americans did not want to
be forced to do business with
Britain, especially when it was
being forced and came at a
disadvantage to them.
 The Americans wanted to be
able to trade freely with
whomever they wanted.