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    Rats That Live in Places

    In 1973, the Charles River Rugby Football Club, affectionately dubbed "The Rats", was founded by a group of ruggers from Tufts University and Boston Rugby Football Club. In striking green and orange jerseys that quickly became the club’s trademark, the Rats achieved many early successes, including winning thePortland RFC Invitational and advancing to the Annual New England Tournament semi-finals. The Rats continued to attract new players and build on each year’s accomplishments over the next decade

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    Seven Year War

    I am 13 years old, and my name is Victoria. I was born, and presently live in Boston, but my family came here from England to start a new life for themselves, and soon their family; me. I walk around my city, my home, and I observe that many different people of many different backgrounds reside in my town with me. I names like Puritans, and Quakers, and I often wonder why we are all the same, but labeled differently. My mother tells me that we all have different labels, but we all worship the same

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    Walk About

    cold, rainy Boston day, we first walked the streets of the surrounding neighborhood before heading to the Old North Church. This notable church is located where the famous phrase "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal by Paul Revere was sent during his midnight ride before the Battles of Lexington and Concord. I was surprised that the church was still decently maintained, even though it was built in 1723 and still being used today. It is the currently the oldest active church in Boston. We turned

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    American Revolution Dbq

    tariffs piled upon the colonists by the British set the precedent for the coming Revolution. While they were considered “just” by British Parliament, it was seen in complete disgust by the colonists on which they were placed. This all led up to the Boston Tea Party, in which men disguised as Mohawk Indians, protested The Tea Act of 1773, requiring colonists to buy only British tea, but it was heftily taxed. Defiantly they boarded British ships and threw their tea overboard, making a point to Parliament

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    Boston Tea Party Research Paper

    The Boston Tea Party was a day that the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped the British tea into the harbor of Boston on December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty was a group of colonists that wanted freedom from England. The Tea Act was a law the king of Britain, King George III, enforced on the colonists in 1773 that made the colonists pay taxes on any tea from England. The king didn’t let the colonists buy tea from any other country. It led up to the Revolutionary war

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    Boston Tea Party Research Paper

    protest known as the Boston Tea Party took place on the evening of December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. The political protest was a demonstration of rebellion orchestrated by the Sons of Liberty in order to protest the Tea Act. The royal governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, allowed three ships- The Dartmouth, The Eleanor, and The Beaver- to enter the Boston Harbor. The ships carried tea to sell to the colonists on behalf of the British East India Company. Many Boston colonists demanded

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    Boston Tea Party Research Paper

    The Boston Tea Party Movement the boston tea party, december 16, 1773. on this day many years ago more than 180 men went to the bay at boston harbor. as a ct against taxing tea they dumped 92000 pounds of tea. that night changed history forever. could it also been that start to the monopoly ban? why were the americans to angry about this? this movement changed us today because it was the start to the american revolution, us getting our freedom. they passed the tea act May 10, 1773. the taxation

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    Why Did The Collapse Of The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party In 1773, the East India Company was dying. The American and Dutch smuggling business were slowly killing the company. The British had to do something fast, before the company collapsed entirely. This was known as the Tea Act of 1773. The Tea Act was basically a government bailout that reduced that amount of taxes the Company had to pay, thus in theory saving the company. This was a major blow to the American and Dutch smugglers, who depended on the high prices of the East

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    Boston Tea Party Research Paper

    Article 1: The Boston Tea party was a major event that occurred during the American Revolution. It all started when the British decided to make a new act called, the Tea Act, which made tea cost more. So many of the colonists got mad, because of this act, especially the Sons of Liberty, which was a group of men led by Samuel Adams and this group wanted freedom. So on the night of December 16 1773 Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty dressed up as Indians, and boarded 3 British ships and threw 342

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    Boston Tea Party Research Paper

    Thursday, December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, dressed in ponchos and soot streaks, snuck onto three ships, which were docked on Griffin’s Wharf, Boston Harbor. For nearly three hours, the Sons of Liberty 342 threw chests of tea overboard. This day is now known as the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party is an important day in history. The Boston Tea Party was fueled by the colonist’s anger. After the French and Indian war, Britain was in a huge debt so the Parliament decided to tax the colonist

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