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What was that meeting where all the men were writing with quill pens? They were writing the decaleration of independance. - Madison I agree with you madison they were writing the decaleration of independance. I think the boston tea party was when the sons of libertety paid fo alot of tea then pourd it in the bostan harbored .(Cruz)

What was the Boston Tea Party? (Ms. Graves) The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and got on a boat and dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston harbor because protesting about the British paying them to much tax on tea. - Teagan and Sergio

The Boston Tea Party happened becuse the British were taxing the colonists too much, so the people who lived near Boston Harbor threw tea in the sea, and afterwards the King closed the Harbor. -Francis

Why wasn't the government system working back in the 1770's? (Sonny and Ms. Graves)

The government system didn’t work because of the way they taxed people was unbelievable and no one voted because you had to travel across the Atlantic ocean 3,000 miles just for your words to be heard and even just to vote back then in the 1700’s. (sonny's answer)

=﻿Did you know???? = > Everyone knows how 50 or 60 "Sons of Liberty," disguised as Mohawks, protested the 3 cents per pound British tax on tea by dumping chests of the popular drink into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773. Fewer know that the improper Bostonians repeated the performance on March 7, 1774. The two tea parties cost the British around $3 million in modern money. > > I found the inormation on ([]) (Ms. Graves)
 * There were two Boston tea parties! **