Boston Tea Party: The Boston Tea Party

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On December 16 1773 the Boston tea party happened. The Boston Tea Party was where British Colonist dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest against the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773. The colonist were unjustified in doing this, the colonist polluted the water that they fish in, they wasted money, and the British didn’t do that much for the colonist to do that. Some may say that the colonist did this because of the Boston Massacre but, that happened 2 years early, if it was really that big of a deal they would of done it sooner. The colonist polluted the water that they fish in. This also had a big impact on the economy in Boston. The polluted water stopped locals from fishing in there which is where they got a lot of