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By Brandon and Matthew N.
=It was a cold Thursday night, the night of December 16, 1773. All the poeple of Boston were snuggled in their warm homes, unaware of what was happening in the harbor only blocks away. So what was going on? At first glance 116 native americans had boarded British ships, destroying the ships in attempts to spoil the tea on board. However this was not the case. Natives not, but colonists. Poorly dressed as natives the men boarded three British ships containing tea, the Dartmouth, the Elenor, and the Beaver. 90,000 pounds of tea were dumped into the harbor, thousands of dollars lost. But what seemed to be a rampage of patriots was later proved otherwise. Not one of the ships had a scratch, the colonists had made a point that the tea tax was the problem. So what started this revolutionary uprage and who was behind it? Read on to find out.=

** #1 __ The Boston Tea Party: __****__ The Tossing of the Tea __** On December 16th, 1773 a short but important event called the Boston Tea Party took place in the Boston Harbor. This event was organized by the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty were a secret __society__ of rebels who met during the __American Revolution__. Other colonies were furious about the tea as well like New York, South Carolina and Philadelphia. They protested by letting the tea rot on the docks and blocking tea ships from even coming. The rebels __disguised__ themselves as Native Americans and got on the tea ships. Once they successfully boarded they made their move. The rebels dumped all of the tea into the harbor. __Therefore__ the colonists were taking a stand, and coming together to defeat the British. These __conflicts__ were caused by different groups of people because the British were ruling from far away with ridiculous taxes, and the colonists didn’t want to pay more money than they had to.
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#2 __Defintions__ :

__Society__- A lot of people in a group, or community.

__American Revolution__- A war between Great Britian and the colonists, the war when the colonists won independence.

__Disguised__- To look like someone or something different.

__Therefore__- A result or outcome of a situation.

__Conflicts__- A disagreement or confusion, usually a decision to make.

#7 __Work Cited__: Garcia, Jesus. "The Boston Tea Party." Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2003. Print. #1 __ Causes of the Boston Tea Party __ By Matthew

You may know what happened on the 16th of December, 1773, when a hundred American patriots threw Boston tea off of ships. But why? Where did it all begin. What would lead to such a big __conflict__ among nations. This will all be answered below. Let’s go back to 1770 when tension between British and Patriots was growing because of the recent __Townshend Acts.__ Imagine walking down the streets of crowded Boston, riots on the road, colonists being carted off to prison by British officials, and fights, brutal between yelling colonists and armed redcoats. Now if you are a __loyalist__ this could scare you, send you running for shelter, but a patriot. These scenes angered them to a point where they could not take it anymore. At one point there was even a fight killing five civilians, later to be known as the __Boston Massacre__. What does this have to do with the Boston Tea Party? Well, almost everything because after the Massacre the British repealed the Townshend Acts but put in place the Tea Act. This was the last straw for the patriots. A cold night in December, in fact the 16th, 116 colonist dressed as Indians boarded __three British ships__ docked in the Boston Harbor. Damage the ships they did not but dumped one million dollars worth of tea into the harbor from 342 separate containers. A rampage of inhuman people is what the British thought of it, but it was rather a stand for independence by American Colonists. This event will never be forgotten for its effect on our colonies and the effect on our history.

__Conflict-__ A problem or disagreement
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__ Townshend Acts- __ Acts by the British government that placed taxes on tea, paper, paint

__ Loyalist __ - A colonist that sided with the British

__ Boston Massacre- __ A fight between colonists and British officials where 5 civilians are killed

__ British Ships- __ The Dartmouth, Elenor, and The Beaver

(2001): 1. Web. 3 Jan 2011. = #6 __Boston Tea Party__ =
 * 1) 7 __WORKS CITED__- Brown, Lorri. "Causes of The Boston Tea Party."

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Word Bank
 * BEAVER ||  || BOSTON ||   || BRITISH ||


 * COLONISTS ||  || DARTMOUTH ||   || DECEMBER ||


 * ELENOR ||  || HARBOR ||   || REBELS ||


 * REVOLUTION ||  || SAMADAMS ||   || SONSOFLIBERTY ||


 * TAX ||  || TEA ||   || TOSSING ||

(#6) __Fill in The Blank Quiz__ A) On __Word #1__ 16th, 1773 the Boston Tea Party occurred in the Boston __Word #2__. B) It was an event that involved __Word #3__ colonist that all opposed British __Word #4__. C) The angry colonists boarded three British ships, the Dartmouth, Beaver and __Word #5__. D) The colonists dumped __Word #6__ into the harbor while dressed as __Word #7.__ E) __Word #8__ was said to be the leader of this patriotic uprising. F) Other colonies such as New York, South Carolina, and __Word #9__ were also __Word #10__ about British laws.

__WORD BOX:__ Harbor Furious Tea Pennsylvania December Tax Sam Adams 116 Elenor Natives


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