The Boston Tea Party
Courage: How did the colonists show their courage?
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
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.”
