Table of Contents

     Chapter 1: All About the Boston Tea Party (pg. 3-6)

     Before The Boston Tea Party (Timeline) (pg. 6-8)

     Chapter 3: The Boston Tea Party Experience (pg.8- 

     11) 

      Chapter 4: After the Boston Tea Party (Timeline)     

       (pg. 12-13)

 Other

 1: Sources

 2: Glossary

3: All About the Author

All About the Boston Tea Party

                 Introduction

     What is the Boston Tea Party? Well, the Boston Tea Party was when 116 men of the Sons of Liberty group dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.

                       The Boston Tea Party

      The Boston Tea Party happened on the night of December 16, 1773. There were 116 men of the Sons of Liberty group dressed as Mohawk Indians. The leader of the Sons of participating in the Boston Tea Party was Sam Adams

                 During the "Tea Party"

    The men used their rowboats to board three different ships. These ships included the Eleanor, the Beaver, and the Dartmouth. After the men boarded the ships, the men proceeded to dump 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. Around 7,000 colonists witnessed this act of protest. The tea that was dumped by the Sons of Liberty was owned by the East India Company. The tea was worth about 90,000 dollars in 1773, which is about 1.7 million dollars in today's money! No wonder why the British government was mad!

                         After the "Tea Party"

    After the "Tea Party", the British government passed the Intolerable Acts, or the Coercive Acts. These acts meant that the Boston Harbor was closed until the destroyed tea was paid, and 4,000 Redcoats, or British soldiers, came to Boston, Massachusetts.

                            Conclusion

    Additionally, the Beaver, and the Eleanor ships are still in a museum in Boston, Massachusetts. The museum is called the "Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum". This still leaves us with a big 

question. Where is the Dartmouth ship?

Have you ever wondered what happened before the Boston Tea Party? Well, in this chapter you will find out what happened before the Boston Tea Party in a timeline format.

   1: The French an Indian War 1754-63 was a long war between the British, French, and Native American forces. 

     2: Sugar Act 1764 was taxes on sugar and

Chapter 2: Before The Boston Tea Party (Timeline)

                          Introduction

molasses.

   3: Stamp Act 1765 taxed anything printed on paper and dice

    4: Townshend Act 1767 taxed lead, glass, tea, paper, and paint.

    5: Boston Massacre 1770 was when a group of Redcoats fired at a group of colonists. This left 5 colonists dead, and 5 colonists injured

   6: Gaspee Affair 1772 was when a group

of Sons of Liberty burned down the British vessel the "Gaspee" as an act of protest.

   7: Tea Act 1773 was an act that only allowed colonists to buy tea from East India Company.

     Chapter 3: The Boston Tea Party Experience

                            Introduction

  Have you ever wondered what it would be like in the Boston Tea Party? Well, in this chapter you will find out! In this chapter you will read a (made up) story about the Boston Tea Party from a patriot's point of view!

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December 17, 1773

   Yesterday at 6:30 I parked my horse and carriage in front of the Old South Meetinghouse. I then went inside the meetinghouse. When I was in the meetinghouse, I saw Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. The two men spoke for 30 minutes (until 7 o'clock).
After everyone went outside to get their carriage, 116 Sons of Liberty stayed, including me. Samuel Adams and Paul Revere had planned a plan to protest Parliament's taxes they put on the colonists. In simple terms, we were going to