Boston Tea Party Research Paper

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. Boston was tired of Great Britain's bullying. The Boston Tea party, in my opinion, is what really sparked the spiral leading to the Revolutionary war. A large reason for the Boston Tea Party was “taxation without representation.” 340 cases of British East India Company tea, weighing over 92,000 pounds, roughly 46 tons, was smashed open with axes and dumped into the Boston Harbor the night of December 16, 1773. The amount of damage they caused in today's money would have been $1,700,000, that’s a lot of money.

Impact: The Boston Tea Party’s impact was sparking the Revolutionary war and the harbor being closed. After the events, parliament