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Page 1 The Boston Tea Party We the People by Michael Burgan Content Adviser: Professor Sherry L. Field, Department of Social Science Education, College of Education, The University of Georgia Reading Adviser: Dr. Linda D. Labbo, Department of Reading Education, College of Education, The University of Georgia

Page 2 Compass Point Books 3722 West 50th Street, #115 Minneapolis, MN 55410 Visit Compass Point Books on the Internet at www.compasspointbooks.com or e-mail your request to custserv@compasspointbooks.com Photographs : North Wind Picture Archives, cover, 6; Archive Photos, 7; North Wind Picture Archives, 8, 10; FPG International, 11; North Wind Picture Archives, 12, 13, 15, 16; Archive Photos, 18; North Wind Picture Archives, 20, 21, 22; Archive Photos, 24; North Wind Picture Archives, 27, 28; FPG International, 31; Photri-Microstock, 32; North Wind Picture Archives, 34; FPG International/Jack Zehrt, 37; North Wind Picture Archives, 38; FPG International, 40. Editors: E. Russell Primm and Emily J. Dolbear Photo Researcher: Svetlana Zhurkina Photo Selector: Dawn Friedman Design: Bradfordesign, Inc. Cartography: XNR Productions, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burgan, Michael. The Boston Tea Party / by Michael Burgan. p. cm. (We the people) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution. ISBN 0-7565-0040-0 1. Boston Tea Party, 1773Juvenile literature. [1. Boston Tea Party, 1773. 2. United States HistoryRevolution, 17751783Causes.] I. Title. II. We the people (Compass Point Books) E215.7 .B87 2000 973.3'115dc21 00-008669 2001 by Compass Point Books All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. The publisher takes no responsibility for the use of any of the materials or methods described in this book, nor for the products thereof. Printed in the United States of America.

Page 3 Table of Contents An Important Town Meeting 5 The Road to the Tea Party 9 Teatime in the Colonies 17 The Tea Comes to America 20 Boston's First Ship Arrives 23 Throwing a Tea Party 30 After the Tea Party 36 Final Steps to the Revolution 39 Glossary 42 Did You Know? 43 Important Dates 44 Important People 45 Want to Know More? 46 Index 48

Page 4 The thirteen colonies and Boston

Page 5 An Important Town Meeting It Was December 16, 1773. In Boston Harbor, three wooden ships quietly bobbed in the water. The moon cast almost no light that cold night. British sailors on the ships guarded a special cargo342 chests of tea. Just a few blocks away from the ships in the harbor, more than 7,000 citizens were gathered at the Old South Meeting House. It was the largest crowd ever seen at a single town meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The people were discussing the British ships. Many did not want the cargo to be unloaded from the ships. They wanted the three ships to return to

Page 6 Thomas Hutchinson England with their tea. Thomas Hutchinson, the governor of Massachusetts, disagreed. The ships would leave Boston only after the tea was unloaded. Samuel Adams rose to speak. He was a leader of the Patriots. The Patriots were American colonists who were angry about Britain's tax on tea. They felt the British government had no right to collect taxes, since

Page 7 Americans had no representatives in the British government. ''Taxation without representation is tyranny" was their popular cry.

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