boston tea party the boston tea party 1773. look at your paper look at the paper that we did in...

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LOOK at your Paper

• Look at the paper that we did in class about the different accounts of the tea party.

• Look at the last column and write me a 1 page account of what you think really happened during the Tea Party.

• Think about which side would have the correct information about each part of the story.

Clip on the Boston Tea Party

• http://www.history.com/videos/the-sons-of-liberty-and-the-boston-tea-party#the-sons-of-liberty-and-the-boston-tea-party

Facts

• Occurred on Thursday, December 16, 1773, and took 3 hours between 7 and 10 PM• 90,000 lbs of tea in 342 containers

was thrown overboard• 116 people participated in the

destruction of tea

Facts

• Each full container had a weight of 400 pounds. Half-containers were 100 pounds each

• The destroyed tea was worth an estimated £10,000. In today’s money this would be approximately equal to a million dollars

• The names of the three B.T.P. ships were Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver