The Boston Tea Party
By: Admir Jahic
Background Info of The Boston Tea Party
Significance
5 Interesting Facts
2. There was a second Boston Tea Party on March 1774 where 60 men disguised where the men dumped 30 chests of tea in the harbor.
3. Many of the Boston Tea Party participants kept it a secret that they participated all the way until death.
4. Majority of American colonists drank 2-3 cups of tea everyday. Ultimately it would be 2 million pounds of tea for 3 million colonists a year.
5. In total of 342 chests were thrown overboard during The Boston Tea Party.
1846 Lithograph
Document
Samuel Adams
Key People
Works Cited
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