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The Boston Tea Party

Would YOU Join the REVOLUTION?

Elaine Landau

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What Would YOU Do?

The Boston Tea Party

Would YOU Join the Revolution?

Elaine Landau

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Industrial Road Box Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 USA

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Enslow Elementary, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc. Enslow Elementary is a registered trademark of Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Copyright 2015 by Elaine Landau

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No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Landau, Elaine. The Boston Tea Party : would you join th e Revolution? / Elaine Landau. pages cm. ( What would you do? ) Includes index. Summary: Explore one of the major events leading up to the Revolutionary War. Readers decide what they would do, and then find out what really happened Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-7660-4223-0 Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass. , 1773 Juvenile literature. I. Title. E215. L35 2014 3115 dc23 2013008785

Future editions: Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4644-0389-7 EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4645-1214-8 Single-User PDF ISBN: 978-1-4646-1214-5 Multi-User PDF ISBN: 978-0-7660-5846-0

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Contents

Long Ago, but Not So Far Away

Working Together

Tea for Me?

The Tea Sellers Choices

A Ship Filled With Tea

Whats to Be Done?

Staying Strong

Important Decisions

Boston Harbor Becomes a Teapot

After the Boston Tea Party

Timeline

Words to Know

Learn More ( Books and Internet Addresses)

Index

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The Thirteen Colonies

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Long Ago, but Not So Far Away

I t is the early 1700s. The United States is not even a nation yet. In its place are just thirteen English colonies.

You live in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay colony. You sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from England to get there. You came to build a better life for yourself and your loved ones. You worked hard and did well. You have come to think of Boston as your true home.

But now trouble is brewing in Boston. There is unrest in the colony. The reason is simple. England has been heavily taxing the colonists. There are taxes on tea, paper, glass, paint, and other things. These taxes are known as the Townsend Acts of 1767.

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You, and others, feel the taxes are unfair. The tax dollars go to England. That does not help the colonists.

There is another reason many people were upset. The colonists have no say in how these tax dollars are used. Colonists do not have a voice in Parliament (Englands government). There is no one to fight for their rights and needs.

In the past, England largely left the colonies alone. The people mostly governed themselves. They made their own laws. They picked their own leaders too. They felt that England had no right to tax them.

The English government required the colonists to put these stamps on newspapers and legal documents.

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But now things were changing. England needed money badly. It had just been in a long war with France. England won, but the war had been costly. Taxing the colonists was a way to bring in money. And England was not about to give that up.

What Would YOU Do?

What would you do if you were really a colonist?

You doubt that England cares about how the colonists feel. You dont think that it will stop taxing the colonies. Maybe you could learn to do with less. You would have to live on a tighter budget. That way you would have money to pay the taxes. Or . . .

Would you be really furious about the unfair taxes? Would you join with other colonists to try to change things? Lots of people are very upset about what has been happening. There is strength in numbers. Maybe together you could make a difference.

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What Really Happened . . .

Working Together

M any colonists were angry about the taxes. They wanted change. Soon secret rebel groups formed. These groups were not just in Boston: They were spread throughout the colonies. All the groups had one thing in common. They wanted the unfair taxes to end.

King George III felt that he should be able to tax the colonies however he wanted to.

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Colonists, angry over taxation, tear down a statue of George III.

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