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media type="custom" key="4482694" The Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea party act happened in 1773. The Townsend Acts refused to pay taxes because the Parliament that had been passed, they had no representation in.King George the Third had just had a war in 1763, and thought that taxing the people on tea would be a good way to recover all of the money that had been spent on the war. The Sons of Liberty, which was made up of about 50 people, boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor. Some disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, though there disguises were not that convincing. They very quietly and in an orderly fashion, dumped all the tea into the sea. What did John Adams have to say about it? " There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity of this last effort of the patriots, I greatly admire." George Hewes was one of the men who dumped the tea over board. He published his memories of the day and here are a few segments from the book."Our three leaders seperated us into three different parties for the purpose of boarding all three boats and dumping the tea at the same time.The name of him who commanded the division to which I was assigned was named Leonardo Pitt.My job was to demand the keys from the captain and order a dozen candles. He listened and gave me all the articles requested, but he made me know that he wanted no damage done to his ship. We then set off and started to rip open the chests of tea and threw them over board and fully expose them to the effects of the water." Nobody knew that the Boston Tea Party would actualey be the start of the Revolutionary war. When Parliament put a tax on tea, they did not consult the Sons of Liberty first. There was no rights in doing that, they were going by their own principles, probably knowing that if the Sons of Liberty found out, then they would disagree, but Parliament needed the extra money. The Boston Tea Party had it's principles as well. The Sons of Liberty were doing this because they believed this was not fair, and their principles were that they diserved not to have to pay taxes on tea. I think it was worth it, and I bet they did to, until they realized they had started a war I bet. I would have done it, because I know that the Parliament would not listen to me. The Boston Tea Party was a very non-threatening act, None of the ships were damaged, no one was hurt, and they even cleaned up after themselves. I hate fighting and destroying things, so this sounds like my kind of way to get my point across. The movie seemed to express the Sons o liberty on the ships accurately, they were all in costumes and they cleaned up after themselves. I think the action should have been expressed more, like it should have shown them going from ship to ship, and maybe even show how much tea there actualey was by showing that the tea came up to the side of the boat. Sources: []

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