Key Event

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Tea Party

Angry and frustrated with the new tax on tea, American colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Native Americans and boarded three British ships. When they arrived on the ships, they dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into the Boston harbor.

An incident that occurred on March 5, 1770, when a mob of angry Bostonians began throwing rocks and sticks at the British troops who were occupying the city. The troops shot several members of the crowd, killing five. People throughout the colonies said the incident was a “massacre” and used it to fuel anti-British sentiment.