The Boston Tea Party

August 31, 2022

The Boston Tea Party

Courage: How did the colonists show their courage?


England sent soldiers (better known as redcoats) to keep the colonists in line.

England sent soldiers (better known as redcoats) to keep the colonists in line.

March 5, 1770

Boston Massacre

In Boston on March 5, 1770, as British control over the colonists continued to rise, a big fight took place between the colonists and British soldiers. This event, known as the Boston Massacre


Things were not getting better. In the winter of 1773, the American colonists staged
another protest at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

December 16, 1773

Boston Tea Party

On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and the Sons of Liberty, a large group of men disguised themselves in Native American dress and boarded the ships. The colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor– in an event that has since become known as the “Boston Tea Party.”
Drawing of colonists throwing tea overboard


It took almost three hours to dump more than 90,000 pounds of the tea into the harbor!