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Page 1: The Boston Tea Party took place on the of night of December 16 th 1777
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• The Boston Tea Party took place on the of night of December 16th 1777.

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Fact 2 about The Boston Tea Party

Some angry Patriot men dressed up as Indians and bored 3 British ships then dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor.

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Fact 3 about The Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts was the thing that drew the Colonies together. The Intolerable Acts were a tax on paper, tea and stuff that the colonists will need. That’s part of how the Boston Tea Party started.

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Fact 4 about the Boston Tea Party

• Massachusetts was under control of General Thomas Gage and his army at this point.

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• General Gage took 4500 soldiers with him to Boston not counting children, that’s one soldiers for every two people.

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The Boston Massacre

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• 5 Americans were killed by British Soldiers

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• One of the 5 colonists that died was Crispiest Addict

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• The Massacre happed on the year of 1770

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• Richer Pam hit the British soldier Montgomery with a sick. Then Montgomery fired his gun. That was the shot heard around the world.