Today in class... Boston Tea Party.

Today in class we learned about the Boston Tea Party.  The Tea Party happened in December of 1773. It was led by Samuel Adams and a few others. Basically they dressed as Native Americans and they jumped on all the cargo ships and dumped all the tea into the harbor. In return, the British punished their actions by banning public meetings, closing the Boston Harbor, and sending more British soldiers to Boston. Those punishments were called the "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists