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= Boston Tea Party  =

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 * The Boston Tea Party happened around 200 years ago. The Boston Tea Party happened when The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and snuck onto the British ships and destroyed 342 chests of tea. The Sons of Liberty did this because they were mad about the tax on tea.They could only buy from one company. They knew that this tax made it cheaper, but they didn't have a choice. They couldn't choose which company they could buy their tea from: The East Indies Co. was the only choice. The British felt much different about this Boston Tea Party. The British took this as an insult.This caused the British to pass the Boston Port Act which closed the harbor. They thought that the patriots didn't want the tax on tea. They thought they didn't appreciate it. They now are thinking about putting the protesters in jail.**
 * Samuel Adams was for sure one of the masterminds behind the tea party. He called a meeting one morning, where they discussed what they would do. Sam Adams was the most outspoken patriot at the time. When the British Parliament organized a company called the East Indies Co. the colonist said it was unfair which sparked the idea of the tea party.**
 * The Boston Tea Party was a protest against taxes. To protest, the Sons of Liberty overthrew many, many boxes of tea from three British ships. The king at the time of the Boston Tea Party was King George III. This king was very greedy and he didn't care about anyone but himself. This may be hard to believe, but one of the Sons of Liberty actually tried to steal some tea before they destroyed it. The other members were not happy with him. They eventually punished him for he was stealing the tea he was protesting on!**

= ** The Tea Act **        =
 * The Tea Act was passed by the British Parliament on May 10, 1773. This set off the last spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. This act was made to prop the East India company up. This company was falling drastically financially and was burdened with eighteen million pounds of tea that has not been sold yet. This tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies and sold at a cheap price. The East Indian Company was not doing very well, so the British wanted to bring it more business. This was the cause of the Boston Tea Party, that the colonies had no other choice of where to buy tea.**

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**This video tells a little bit in addition about the Tea Act and Tea party as well as shows a visual** **display of what took place.**