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  2. Boston Tea Party - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    The Boston Tea Party was one of the events that led to the American Revolution. It happened in the American colony of Massachusetts in 1773. At the time, the colonies were ruled by Great Britain. For many years the American colonists had complained about the way the British government treated them.

  3. Boston Tea Party Facts for Kids

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    The Boston Tea Party was a protest that happened in 1773. Angry colonists wanted to be able to make their own laws. They also wanted a vote. Since Britain didn’t give the colonists a voice, they made a big protest by dumping 342 chests of tea into the water, which was worth millions of dollars in today’s money.

  4. Discover what led American colonists in 1773 to toss tea into the Boston Harbor in what became known as the Boston Tea Party. -- Before the Revolutionary War, American colonists were taxed...

  5. The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. They were upset by the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes on it, while the colonists were charged tax when they purchased it by ...

  6. American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Ducksters

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    The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American Colonists against the British government. They staged the protest by boarding three trade ships in Boston Harbor and throwing the ships' cargo of tea overboard into the ocean. They threw 342 chests of tea into the water.

  7. The history of the Boston Tea Party is important for kids to understand. In this video we answer questions such as "What is the Boston Tea Party?" and "Why ...

  8. Liberty's Kids HD 101 - The Boston Tea Party (Pilot, Part I) | History Cartoons for ChildrenSubscribe to Liberty's Kids : http://bit.ly/2ivIdi6 Colonists in ...

  9. Boston Tea Party - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    On a cold night in December 1773, a group of American colonists boarded ships in Boston Harbor in the colony of Massachusetts. Dressed as Native Americans, they threw chests of tea from the British East India Company into the water. This incident became known as the Boston Tea Party. Why did the colonists dump the tea?

  10. Boston Tea Party ‑ Facts, Summary & Significance| HISTORY

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    The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for...

  11. Boston Tea Party - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the Sons of Liberty and other American colonists against unfair treatment by the British.