Boston+Tea+Party

=Boston  Tea  Party =



The Boston Tea Party occured on December 16, 1773. A group of colonist disguised themselves as Natives and boarded many British ships and dumped cargoes of tea overboard. About 10,000 pounds of tea was dumped overboard in the Boston Harbor. This historical event happened because the colonist were angry at the Parliament for approving the Tea Act. It also mad them mad because the colonist had no choice.

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Timeline of the Boston Tea Party
 * 1754-1763 French and Indian War
 * 1763 Proclamation of 1763
 * 1764 Sugar Act
 * 1765 Stamp Act
 * 1765 Stamp Act Congress
 * 1766 Declaratory Act
 * 1767 Townshed Act
 * 1770 Boston Massacre
 * 1773 Boston Tea Party