Boston Tea Party

The Boston citizens were angered at what the British had done in the Boston Massacre and prepared for revenge. The Son of Liberty finally evolved as one of the first signs of rebellion. Men such as John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere led the Sons of Liberty and planned a devious scheme to put British is sure debt. On December 18, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, dressed a popular Mohawk Indians, ambushed a British tea vessel that docked in Boston Harbor and dumped all 340 chests deep into Boston Harbor. About 130 men participated in the act, and the British were prepared to make painful consequences. The aftermath wasn't too pleasentful. Samuel Adams, who wasn't known to have been or not been at the incident, protested British courts that this was not just some riot, but a principle protest. Benjamin Franklin, a patriot but in peace, said the colonists should at least help pay the 90,000 pounds of tea as it was the responsible thing to do. Lord North was trying to get men to capture the Sons of Liberty behind the treason, and he later placed the Coercive Acts on Boston like closing down Boston Harbor. Two years later, the British passed the Conciliatory Resolution which made Imperial defense make the colonists pay for tea, but the conciliatory failed in the attempt.