Revolutionary+WarAD08

Create a page on your wiki that focuses on two events that helped cause the American Revolution. You will be expected to be an expert on that event. You must know the names and backgrounds of the key people involved, the date, why it happened, and the reaction of the Colonists or British. Your page must contain your written summary and images that allow the audience to understand why the event helped lead us into a war with England. You must have at least one primary source for each event.

__Boston Tea Party__ When:** Boston Tea Party- December 16th, 1773. http://www.ushistory.org/March/timeline.htm
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Main people on the ship that threw the tea were Samuel Adams, Paul Revere who disguised themselves as Native Americans. (Mohawk Indians) Also, About 7,000 other locals. http://www.ushistory.org/March/timeline.htm
 * Who:**

They borded 3 British ships and then threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. http://www.ushistory.org/March/timeline.htm The tea was from the East India Company. http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm
 * What :**

The Boston Tea Party happened in the Boston Harbor, in Boston Massachusetts. http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/hevents/bteapart.asp
 * Where:**

They dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor because the English were still in debt form the war against France and they thought the colonies should help pay for it. Also, they knew Americans needed tea because it was cheap, so by doing this it raised taxes on tea in the U.S. which helped ther English pay off some of their debts. Also, the colonists wanted to be treated like the people in England where they could still get the tea, but not have to pay the extra money. http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/hevents/bteapart.asp
 * Why:**

The 3 British ships sailed out to the Boston Harbor with a total of 342 chests of tea and a lot of men to dump the tea into the harbor. They did this by taking the chests out of the bottom of the ships, opening the bages of tea, and throwing thenm overboard making the harbor brown with tea overfloing the top of the water level. http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/hevents/bteapart.asp
 * How:**

The main cause of the Boston Tea party was because the East India Tea Company was in serious debt so they sent ships of tea to the Boston Harbor. As a result the colonists in Boston did not want the tea so they dumped it in the harbor. It was their way of telling the King that not only did they not want the tea, but they didn't want to pay the taxes either. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm
 * Cause:**

The colonists were very excited about dumping the tea into the harbor because they felt like they were now even with the English and the King, and they sent a message to everybody who wanted to raise the tea taxes. On the other side, I believe the British were very upset and mad because they had already bought the tea and were going to sell it to the people in Boston to make money. The plan backfired which ended up losing the British even more money. If I were one of the people in Boston I would have done the same thing because it is not right to do what the Britsh were going to do to get money, so I would have been glad to waste even more of their money and get them in even more debt. http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/hevents/bteapart.asp
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Paragraph:** The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16th,1773. In total, there were about 7,000 people from Boston who participated in the event. Two of the main people in it were Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. They too didn't want any of the tea. While dumping the tea all of the people disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians so there was no way they could be caught doing this. When the tea was brought in to Boston, it was brought on 3 British Ships. With a total of 342 chests of tea on 3 different ships the colonists of Boston loaded onto the ships, and slowly took the chests out from the underneath cabins, ripped the bags of tea open, and dumped them into the water. All of this crazy action that was taken about the taxes of the tea happened in the Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts. So much tea was poured that the harbor was brown, and there were tea piles coming out of the water. Some of the tea never even reached the water. The main reason the colonists dumped the tea into the harbor was because the British were still in debt from their war against France, so they thought the colonists who weren't so poor should help pay for their debt. They did this by raising the taxes of the tea that only went to America. That meant, the tea the British had was less money. The colonists were right to throw the tea into the harbor becuase everyone should pay the same amount of money for the same tea. Another cause was the tea company, East India Tea, were also in debt so they had to sell the tea to the British for more money than normal. The reaction to the Boston Tea Party was pretty straight forward. The colonists of Boston were very happy they threw the tea into the harbor because not only did they feel like they got even with the tea company for the rising taxes, but also the British because the British bought the tea to sell to the colonists for even more money, but because it was never technically sold to the colonists, they wasted a lot more of the British's money. On the other side, the British were very upsety because they were now in even more debt. If I were one of the people in Boston, I too would have dumped the tea because I don't believe it was right for the British to do what they were going to do to make money. It would have made my day to waste their money.


 * __The Stamp Act__**

The Stamp Act was first put in place on March 2nd, 1765. It ended in 1766. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
 * When:**

The Stamp Act was given by the British to the American colonists. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
 * Who:**

For The Stamp Act, if any colonist wanted to send something such as a newspaper of pamphlet to someone else it had to have a stamp on it. The stamps cost money which was another way for the British to get money to help pay of their debts. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
 * What:**

The Stamp Act was created and started by the British in Great Britain, but then moved to the U.S. wherever someone wanted to send something that needed a stamp until 1766. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
 * Where:**

The Stamp Act first started because the British needed more money to pay off their debts from their war with France so they thought the colonists should now pay to send things to other people. The act ended shortly after in 1766 because the colonists did not believe they should now have to pay to send things. In order to get this reversed the sent people called The Stamp Act Congress to Great Britain to discuss this "Stamp Act" which eventually got overturned by the British. In return for taking away The Stamp Act the British made the Declaratory Act where they ruled the American colonies. Not long after this was taken away and the American Colonies were back to normal. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm It all happened by the British who made the stamps and decided to tax them to make more money. It was as simple as saying "lets put taxes on these stamps." http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
 * Why:**
 * How:**

The cause of The Stamp Act was because the British were in debt and they thought this would be another great way to make more money from the American colonists. The British knew that people would send a lot of things so taxing stamps was an easy and quick way to make money. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
 * Cause:**

The American colonists did not react well to this. They were very upset that after all this time where they didn't have to pay to send things now they do. It bothered and angered them so much that they sent a congress out to try to get the British to overturn The Stamp Act. On the other side, the British were very happen because they were again making money from the american colonists. it was just what they needed to help pay off that debt. The only thing that did make the British upset as that they eventually had to take The Stamp Act away so they no longer made money off of it. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
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Paragraph:** The Stamp Act started on March 2nd, 1765. Not long after, it ended in 1766. The Stamp Act was put in place by the British towards the American's so they now had to pay for stamps to send things. Because of this new law, if anybody in the U.S. wanted to send something like a newspaper to someone else it would need a stamp. But, no longer were the stamps free. The colonists had to pay to send something. The Stamp Act started because the British needed more money to pay off their debts, and they thought this would be another good way to get money. The act ended in 1766 because the colonists did not believe they should have to pay to send something. The American colonists sent people over to Great Britain called The Stamp Act Congrees who, eventually, got the act overturned. A cause of why The Stamp Act happened is because the Britsh needed money and they new a good way for the clonists to send things was by mail with stamps on them. The Britsh came up with the clever idea of making the colonists pay for the stamps. It was all good until the colonists realized they were getting cheated of their money after all the years of free stamps. The American colonists did nort react well to this. They were very upset that they had to now pay to sendthings and they didn't think it was fair. It angered them so much, they sent a congress out to Great Britain to try to overturn this madness. Luckily for the colonists, it worked. At first, the British were very happy with this because it was making them quick and easy money. This went very far in helping them with their debt problems. The only setback was that eventually they had to take The Stamp Act away so it no longer made them money.