The Boston Tea PartyBy: Ruben Guzman

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WHO Was Involved?• The Colonist• The Sons of Liberty-was involved in the dumping • Samuel Adams- member of The Sons of Liberty

•The British•Parliament-sends British the troops•King George III-sets the laws and acts

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WHERE Did It Happen?It happened in Boston

where the Colonist lived.

At the Boston Harbor where the ships were anchored.

On the three ships where the chest of tea was at.

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WHY Did It Happen?What King George did

There was an act called by King George III and it was called the Townshend act.

There was a French and Indian War bill so King George III passed a tax law.

What the Colonist did when the acts and taxes were passedThe Colonist protested when

King George III passed the act.The Colonist dumped the tea so

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WHEN Did It Happen?At midnight when

no one was around.It happened after

the Boston Massacre.

It happened Dec. 16, 1773.

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WHAT Happened?• Things that the Colonist did with the tea

• The Colonist and The Sons of Liberty dumped the tea in the river.

• The Colonist didn’t want the British to unload the tea in Boston.

• The taxes and act King George III passed• When the British found the tea in the

river, so King George III passed the Coercive act.

• King George III passed a tax on tea and the Colonist were angry.

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OTHER Information342 chest of tea were

thrown overboard.After the Colonist were done

dumping, the Colonist were surrounded by armed British ships.

The chest of tea thrown overboard were exposed floating above water.

50 members of The Sons of Liberty were involved.

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BIBLIOGRAPHYComputing, Humanities. “Boston Tea Party.”

www.rug.nl. University of Groningen, 1994. Web. 7 Feb. 2011. <http://odur.let.rug.nl/ ~usa/ H/ 1994/ ch3_p6.htm>.

Knight, James E. Boston Tea Party. Mawhah: n.p., 1982. Print.

Maier, Pauline. “Boston Tea Party.” World Book Online. 2011. World Book Student. Web. 7 Feb. 2011. <http://www.worldbookonline.com/ studentarticle>.

Stein, Conrad R. The Story of The Boston Tea Party. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1984. Print.

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