Boston tea party

The Boston Tea Party, protesting the English tax on tea.

The Boston Tea Party was carefully organized and the destruction of the tea from four ships, the Eleanor, Dartmouth, William and Beaver, was undertaken smoothly. What followed, as they say, is history.

This directed drawing of the Boston Tea Party is a great way to add an art component to a study of American history. Follow it up with a cup of Liberty Tea!

Tea party

On December 16, 1773, a group of colonists in Boston, Massachusetts staged a protest against British taxation policies. They threw shipments of tea into the harbor, an event now known as the Boston Tea Party. This act of rebellion escalated tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain, ultimately leading to the American Revolution. The protest was organized by patriots disguised as Native Americans. They boarded three British ships docked in the harbor and dumped 342 chests of…

Boston Tea Party Cause and Effect Anchor Chart American Revolution 5th Grade Social Studies

The Tea Act of 1773 was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on May 10, 1773. It was designed to bail out the British East India Company and expand the company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies. It was selling excess tea at a reduced price.

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