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The significance of the Boston Tea Party by Ted Sherman On December 16, 1773, a gang of American colonials gathered at the docks in Boston Harbor. Many had smeared their faces with soot and some were dressed in Native American costumes. Their intent was to destroy loads of boxed tea aboard three English ... More> Historical sites of the Boston Tea Party by Shelly Barclay Up until the Boston Tea Party, the British had been employing questionable means in an attempt to get the colonists to pay taxes. The colonists believed, rightly, that it was unfair for them to be taxed by a governing body in which they were not rep... More>
	A look at the events that led to the Boston Tea Party by Matt Mahan The Boston Tea Party is taught in school books all over the country, but what was it? Why did it happen? To find the answers to these questions, we have to go back even further than that storied night in 1773. All the back to the year 1765. In the y... More> An introduction to the Boston Tea Party of 1773 by Erin M. Ritz Two hundred men gathered on a hilltop in the City of Boston during the twilight hours of December 16, 1773. Some of them were dressed as Indians and were armed with tomahawks. All of them were bent on destruction. The Boston Tea Pa... More>
A look at the people who took part in the Boston Tea Party by Kristopher Oppegaard The Boston Tea Party marks one of the most substantial acts of American rebellion from its parent nation, Great Britain. The Tea Party came as a result of England's high taxation on colonial goods, one of these goods being tea. Colonists, who still ... More> What was the Boston Tea Party? by Tonya Leslie When hearing the common name of the "Boston Tea Party" many assume an actual party or celebration of some sort. Sadly, back in 1773 this was not the case. Great Britain's East Indian Company was teetering ships off the docks of England, completely i... More>
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