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The Boston Tea Party

Published on Jun 29, 2016

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THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

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After the Boston Massacre, Paliament decided to cancel all taxes except one which was the tax on tea.

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Colonist were furious about this tax on tea, thats when colonist refused to buy tea from the company,British East India Company.

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In response to the colonists, Britain than shut down all other tea companies, forcing colonist to buy from their company.

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Because of the tax on tea,a group called Sons of Liberty, lead by Samuel Adams, cousin of John Adams made up a plan.

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The plan was to pretend to be Indians and sneak on a British ship who was shipping tea, they then will throw all crates overboard.

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They then decided to put this plan to action on the night of December 16,1773.

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The night of the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty dumped about 342 crates into the harbor.

After this act,the British was furious.

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