Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Describes the Boston Tea Party, including the events leading up to the party, its immediate effects on American-British relations, and why it is still an important event today.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life in the American colonies and the events that led to be Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War.

When patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, they were acting out against restrictive laws imposed by British Parliament. The resulting punishment prompted the formation of a Continental Congress and culminated in the Revolutionary War. Through simple, exciting language and full-color images, readers of this engaging volume will learn the backstory of "No Taxation Without Representation" and see how this act...

Learn 12 facts about the Boston Tea Party.

"Boston, 1773: Emma Malcolm's heart belongs to Noah Winslow. But her father has promised her to Samuel Clarke, a sadistic man. After Emma is drawn into the Boston Tea Party, Samuel blackmails her. Emma realizes she must protect those she loves, even if it means becoming Samuel's wife. Present Day:Lieutenant Hayley Ashworth is determined to be the first woman in the Navy SEALs. When an unexpected encounter with the man she once loved leads to the discovery...

"By December of 1773, American colonists had grown increasingly frustrated. Among their complaints was that the British government had imposed a tea tax on colonists. The Americans objected because it was taxation without representation-that is, they had no say in who was elected to parliament. As tensions grew, plans formed to protest the tax by pouring hundreds of containers of tea into the Boston Harbor. One of the first acts of protest in America,...

The Boston Tea Party marked the beginning of the American colonies' break from British rule and would go on to inspire future protest movements. Boston Tea Party reveals why British laws prompted the event, how it led to the American Revolutionary War, and what later movements borrowed from the colonist's protest.

Describes the events preceding, during, and following the event which helped precipitate the American Revolutionary War.

Get ready for a trip in time to Boston, Massachusetts, 1773. Author Elaine Landau and her faithful dog Max will be your guides to a very important party : the Boston Tea Party. Tired of high British taxes, American colonists were so angry that they threw a whole delivery of British tea into Boston Harbor. Learn about the causes of the American Revolution! And do not forget your tomahawk there is lots of tea to dump!

The story leading up to the Boston Tea Party gets at the root of the story as this prelude to the Revolutionary War unfolds.