Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party was one of the main events that lead up to the American Revolution. This
Protest was led by a group of colonists knows as the “Sons of Liberty”. On December 16th, 1773
this group threw 342 barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act of 1773.

General Facts
 The saying, "no taxation without  The exact location of the Tea
representation" is a slogan that Party is uncertain it is believed to
refers to the fact that the colonists have been near the end of
of the thirteen colonies felt their Hutchinson Street which is now
rights were being taken away by named Pearl Street.
the British Parliament because  A total of 342 chests of tea were
they were being taxed yet not destroyed in the raid and thrown
being represented in Parliament. overboard in an attempt to prevent
 Although Governor Thomas the tea from being sold or
Hutchinson of Massachusetts consumed.
opposed the taxing of Americans,
he was ultimately criticized for
not demanding that the tea-
carrying ships be sent back to
England without payment.
 Angry colonists met at the Old
South Meeting House on the
morning the ships were due in the
harbor. They agreed to send a
message to the customs house at
the harbor saying that the ships
would not be paid for the tea.
 On the day of the Boston Tea
Party, December 16, 1773, the
political group, The Sons of
Liberty, dressed up as Mohawk
Indians and raided three ships
docked in Boston Harbor carrying
tea from the East India Company.
Somewhere between 30 and 130
men took part in this event.