Boycotting the British: Boston Tea Party

Boycotting the British: Boston Tea Party book cover — HISTORICAL BACKGROUND CAST OF CHARACTERS ACT 1 ACT 2 EVENT TIMELINE Consider This Learn More Index About the Author 4 8 10 20 30 31 31 32 32 TABLE of CONTENTS

Boycotting the British: Boston Tea Party — page 1 — At first Great Britain owned the 13 colonies The British government forced many taxes and laws onto the colonists Colonists thought these taxes and laws were unfair They wanted to be their own country They fought the British This war was called the American Revolution It was fought from 1775 to 1783 The American colonists won They became the United States of America The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16 1773 It was an important event It led to the war The British government needed money It had fought in wars It tried to make money by taxing the colonists It passed the Tea Act It did this in 1773 4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Boycotting the British: Boston Tea Party — page 2 — FLasH FaCT Colonists fought against the Stamp Act Vocabulary colonies KAH-luh-neez areas controlled by another country colonists KAH-luh-nists people who live in colonies revolution rev-uh-LOO-shuhn an overthrow of a government act AKT law 5

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