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http://www.myoops.org/twocw/mit/NR/rdonlyres/History/21H-104JFall-2004/EAE5387B-6D4C-470C-BB54-3BD866DE5CD0/0/chp_bostontparty.jpg Boston Tea Party** When: December 16, 1773 Who: T he Sons of Liberty What: They dumped 342 whole crates tea. Where: Into the Bosten Harbor. Why: Beacuse there was a new tax on the tea. How: They disguised as Mohawk Native Americans and boarded the three Brithis ships **The Bartmouth, The Eleanor, The Beaver** and dumped 342 whole crates of Brithish Tea into the Boston Harbor. Cause: They were mad beacse they did not want to pay the taxes of the British Tea. Reaction: The Son's of Liberty dumped all 342 crates of Brithish Tea into the Boston Harbor. Several Extras: The only thing the Son's of Liberty broke was a door handle that they bought a new one and returned it to the British. Summary:
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The Boston Tea Party started on December 16, 1773. The Son's of Liberty who dressed up as Mohawk Native Americans dumped 342 whole crates of British Tea into the Boston Harbor. They dumped so much tea that it was floating at the top of the Boston Harbor. They did this because they thought that the taxes for the British Tea was too much for them to pay for. The Son's of Liberty where led by Samual Adams, and John Handcock. The Son's of Liberty had secret meetings at which they discussed how to get there message across Britain, that the American people wanted more if a role in governing themselves. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/bostonteapartydef.htm

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The Boston Massacre
When: March 5, 1770 Who: American Colonists and the British What: British soldiers became angry when American Colonist hit them with snowballs so the British soldiers fired gun shots into the crowd. Where: Boston, Massachusetts Why: The British soldiers and colonists were getting very angry at one another and it kept getting worse. How: It all started with the colonist throwing a snaowball at the British Cause: British soldiers and colonist never got along Reaction: A gun shot was fired in to the crowd of American colonists. Several Extras: The first person that was hit was and African American named Crispus Attucks. Summary:

The Boston Massacre started on March 5, 1770. The British and the American Colonist never liked one another, so when the American Colonist threw a snowball at them the British fired a gune into the Colonists crowd of Americans. In a few shots back and forth they killed 3 colonist and injured 8 of them. Conflicts between the Colonist and the British have been on the rise because the British govenment had been trying to control over the Colonists and raise there taxes at the same time. What stared as a major fight turned into the Revolutionary War.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/bostonmassacredef.htm http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/revolut/boston_1