Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party Most people have heard about the Boston Tea Party. When American’s dumped British Tea in Boston Harbor. But not everyone understands the importance of it, and why the Tea Party is still remembered today. It was on December 16, 1773, when American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company from ships into Boston Harbor. “The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea (…

…of the Boston Tea party. It is easy to see how the first protest from the Sons of Liberty was so important. This event set the stage for many gruesome years in the fight for our nation’s independence. The Boston Tea Party helped to shape our great country to what it is today. Bibliography Bibliography  Encyclopedia Britannica. “Boston Tea Party.” 1999 Britannica.com Inc. Online. Internet. Available WWW: http//www.britanica.com/bcom/ed/articale