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The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party. By: Ruben Guzman. Main Menu. 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

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The Boston Tea Party

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  1. The Boston Tea Party By: Ruben Guzman

  2. Main Menu

  3. 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 MAIN MENU

  4. 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. MAIN MENU

  5. 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 passed • The Colonist protested when King George III passed the act. • The Colonist dumped the tea so the didn’t have pay taxes. MAIN MENU

  6. WHEN Did It Happen? PUT PICTURE HERE • At midnight when no one was around. • It happened after the Boston Massacre. • It happened Dec. 16, 1773. MAIN MENU

  7. 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. MAIN MENU

  8. OTHER Information • 342 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. MAIN MENU

  9. BIBLIOGRAPHY Computing, 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. MAIN MENU

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