Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party happened in late November 1773. The plan involved the Sons of Liberty dressing up like Indians to dump a shipment of tea over the side of a ship into the Boston Harbor. They dressed like Indians to fool the British so they would not know who they were. The British officials were outraged by this incident. To teach the colonists a lesson, the British, encouraged by King George III, …showed first 75 words of 302 total…

…showed last 75 words of 302 total…land and two lamps lit if they were coming by sea. Once Paul Revere saw the signal, he ran to his horse and rode throughout the countryside warning everyone in all the towns from Boston to Concord. He called to everyone that was listening, "Get your militia, the British are coming!" The militia was ready. They stopped the British at Lexington and started the Revolutionary War. The colonists won and that is what started America.