The Boston Tea Party
Today, students are told with great animation the story of the Boston Tea Party. Younger children may even make Indian masks to act out the riot. But before we can understand all of the hype and glamour about the party's grand finale, we need to know the rational behind the rebellion. Why commit such an expensive and destructive act? What lead up to the event? And what was the straw that broke the colonists' backs? The year was 1773. British Parliament had imposed a series of laws and acts that not only were trivial in importance but a
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Approximate Word count = 371
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)
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