The Boston Tea Party affected so many American minds, hearts, and souls that it helped spawn a new, independent nation whose citizens would govern themselves for the first time in history. On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many amateurishly disguised as Indians--then a symbol of freedom--dumped about £10,000 worth of tea in the harbor. Whatever their motives at the time, they unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm that would culminate in the Declaration of Independence two and a half years later. The Boston Tea Party provoked a reign of terror in Boston and other American cities, with Americans inflicting unimaginable barbarities on each other. Tea parties erupted in American cities up and down the colonies. The turmoil stripped tens of thousands of Americans of their dignity, their homes, their properties, and their birthrights--in the name of liberty and independence. Nearly 100,000 Americans left the land of their forefathers forever in what was history's largest exodus of Americans from America. Nonetheless, John Adams called the Boston Tea Party nothing short of ''magnificent.'' And he went on to say that the ''destruction of tea is so bold, so daring, so firm. . . it must have important consequences.'' Ironically, few if any Americans today--even those who call themselves Tea Party Patriots--would be able to name even one of the estimated eighty participants in the original Boston Tea Party. Nor are many Americans aware of the ''important consequences'' of the Tea Party. The acute shortage of tea that followed the Tea Party, of course, helped transform Americans into coffee drinkers, but its effects went far beyond culinary tastes.

On a dark December night, Boston patriots dumped a fortune in tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party was the most daring protest against British taxes in the history of the Thirteen Colonies. This title explores the event and its impact on the developing United States. It also highlights the roles of Founding Fathers such as John Hancock and Samuel Adams in planning and executing the Tea Party.

Describes the defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, leading colonists in their fight for freedom. (view table of contents)

A simple description of the 1773 event known as the Boston Tea Party, at which American colonists dumped English tea into the sea rather than pay taxes on it.

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Discusses how and why American colonists protested high taxes from Great Britain by dumping tea in Boston Harbor in 1773, as well as the ramifications of their actions.

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Simple text and photographs discuss the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.

Describes the events preceding, during, and following this noted event, which helped precipitate the American Revolutionary War

Traces the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party, and examines the Party's impact on the Revolution

Describes the events that led American patriots to dump British tea into Boston Harbor, an act that precipitated the American Revolution. (view table of contents)

Provides a detailed overview of a significant act of rebellion, which took place late one night in Boston in 1773, and explores the events that followed as a result of the Boston Tea Party, such as the movement toward American independence and the Revolutionary War. Reprint.

Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution. (view table of contents)

Have you ever wondered about the events that laid the foundations of the United States of America? This title explores the tax policies and the colonies frustrations leading up to the Boston Tea Party. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This title also includes a timeline, glossary, Web links, index, and common core activities. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing.

This book relays the factual details of the Boston Tea Party and the events that led up to it. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a colonial merchant's wife, a British soldier, and a Patriot activist. This book offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about an historical event.

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Presents the people and events connected with the dynamic episode called the Boston Tea Party, which helped to spawn the American Revolution

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Product Description: Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party and describes the event itself, showing how it ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.

Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party and describes the event itself, showing how it ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.