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 * __The Boston Tea Party__** [|**http://www.americanrevolution.com/BostonTeaParty.htm__****]
 * When - The Boston Tea Party occured in 1773.
 * Who - Samuel Adams and Paul Revere were big parts in this but many other people also disguised themselves as Native Americans and borded the ship to through tea overboard.
 * What - The Boston Tea Party
 * Where - Boston 1773
 * Why - The colonists dumped the tea because the king was asking to much for tax on tea.
 * How - The colonists disguised themselves as native americans and raded the ships and dumped the tea into the boston harbor.
 * Cause - This caused the british to send their troops over to boston.
 * Reaction - The minutemen reacted by fighting in the battle of Lexington and concord to fight for liberty and freedom.
 * Several Extras - The colonists raded the ship with no weapons. They were dressed up as Mohawk Indians. They threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor. They threw the tea over at low tide so the tea flooded over the boat docks.

__** http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/images/Boston-Tea-Party.jpg**__

The Boston Massacre**__ http://www.ushistory.org/us/9e.asp
 * When - March 5, 1770
 * Who - A group of soldiers led by Captain Thomas Preston came to the hill to fight.
 * What - The Boston Massacre.
 * Where - Boston 1770
 * Why - The british were asking for to much of what the colonists had.
 * How - A mob of about 60 angry townspeople descended upon the guard at the customs house.
 * Cause - This caused a battle between colonists and the british which lead to deaths.
 * Reaction - Since the battle happened before the tea tax, the british reacted to this by starting it a few years later.
 * Several extras - Even though they call this the boston massacre, only 5 people died in this battle. Crispus Attucks, a former black slave fought and died in this battle with the townspeople. He was the first patriot to give his life for these causes.

http://home.apu.edu/~blamkin/BostonMassacre.jpg

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