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__**Boston Tea Party**__ =**The Boston Tea Party was a tragic event for the British. Ships with taxed tea arrived the Boston Harbor in the month of November, 1773. The Sons of Liberty stipulated for the ships to leave right away. But when they didn't leave, Thomas Hutchinson wouldn't let them until they paid the tea duty. On the night of December 16, colonists disguised themselves as American Indians. They went on the tea ships and threw 342 tea chest into the Boston Harbor. The British prime minister heard of this Boston Tea Party and got mad. He talked to Parliament and decided to punish Massachusetts. In the spring of 1774, the British created the Intolerable Acts. They thought these steps would bring back order in the colonies but they just caused people to get more angry. These acts went against multiple of the customary rights. Therefore, colonist's began to write poems and essays about how harsh this is. British finally realized how abusive this was. They brought together the leaders from all the colonies to decide the best way to deal with this.**=

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 * __**1773**__ ||
 * __**May 10**__ __**th**__ **:** Parliament passes the Tea Act. Making three pence per pound tax on tea sold in the American colonies. ||
 * __**November 5**__ __**th**__ **:** Over 1,000 gather in a town meeting at Faneuil Hall. Committies are formed to call on tea consignees and demand their resignation. ||
 * __**November 28**__ __**th**__ **:** The Dartmouth, the first of the three tea ships arives in the Boston Harbor. Twenty days from this date the cargo must be unloaded and the tax paid or the ship and cargo can be seized by customs officials. ||
 * __**December 16**__ __**th**__ **:** Between 6 and 9 pm, 342 chests of tea were destroyed and thrown overboard into the harbor by colonists desquised as American Indians. They called this the Boston Tea Party. ||
 * __**1774**__ ||
 * __**January 19**__ __**th**__ **:** King George III revieves first news of the Boston Tea Party. Parliament decides to punish Boston for what they have done. ||
 * __**March 30**__ __**th**__ **:** The Boston Port Bill, closing Boston from traffic until the destroyed tea is paid for, is passed by parliament. ||
 * __**May 13**__ __**th**__ **:** A town meeting was held in Boston. Those who attended voted to refuse to pay for destroyed tea. ||
 * __**May 18**__ __**th**__ **:** Parliament passes Justice Bill, effetively placing province under martial law ||
 * __**June 1**__ __**st**__ __**:**__ Boston Port Bill goes into effect. ||
 * __**1775**__ ||
 * __**April 18**____**th**__**:** General Gage orders British soldier to destroy weapons deot in Concord. ||
 * __**April 19**____**th**__**:** Battle at Lexington and Concord. ||

Boston Tea Party 1) Around what time did the colonists raid the tea ships?

2) What did some of the Boston citizens try to do for their families during the tea raid?

Intolerable Acts 1) What did the British Government decide to do after the French and Indian war?

2) What happened on March 5, 1770?

**__Group 5:__** Alexandra, Callista, Simeon, and Anthony