There were a lot of things that led to the American Revolution, and The Boston Tea Party was one of them. The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773. A group of about 60 colonists were disguised as Native Americans and they dumped 3 ships of tea into the Harbor. They did this because they were complaining about the way British government treated them. The British made them pay taxes on goods. Other colonies were taxed on goods by Britain like tea as well and did different kinds of protesting. This was part of the protests against the Tea Act. When the British realized that the tea was ruined, they made some new laws that were supposed to punish the colonists. One of the laws was that they would close Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the tea that was ruined. The Boston Tea Party was a very big protest!