BOSTON TEA PARTY

NIGHT OF BATTLE

• Started December 16, 1773
• They threw 342 chests
• Over 100 men were recruited
• It was in Boston

SONS OF lIBERTY

• They organized it
• Led by Samuel Adams
• Protest against tea act and taxation
• Many people who took part in the tea party wanted to remain unknown they feared because that they might be punished.

THREE SHIPS

• The Beaver, The Dartmouth, and The Eleanor.
• They dressed up as Indians.
• A portion of tea from a ship called the William that got destroyed by a wild storm was also damaged by the Sons of Liberty.

FUN FACTS

• They threw off 90,000 pounds of tea.
• That would equal 45 tons of tea.
• That would equal $1,000,000 dollars of tea today.
• The ships where actually American Ships.

CITES

• http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-facts