Boston+Tea+Party

The British Parliament was making the colonists pay taxes. The Stamp Act made the colonists pay taxes for all paper goods. The Townshend Acts made the colonists pay for lead, paper, glass, and tea. When the colonists protested, the British took away all the taxes except for the tax on tea. The colonists didn't want to pay the taxes.
 * Causes of the Boston Tea Party**



The Boston Tea Party happened on the evening of December 16, 1773.
 * When did it happen?**

Three British ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver had sailed into Boston Harbor. They were loaded with tea. The colonists didn't want to pay taxes for it, so the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians. They got on the British ships and got the boxes of tea open with their axes and hatchets. Thousands of people were watching them silently, so the only sound was the axes splitting the crates. When the crates were open, the Sons of Liberty dumped the tea into Boston Harbor.
 * How did it happen?**

After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts. The port was closed until the colonists paid for the tea that they dumped in Boston Harbor. The colonists couldn't have town meetings and they had to house British soldiers.
 * After the Boston Tea Party**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/history.asp http://www.answers.com/topic/boston-tea-party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts#_note-2**
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