Long ago, the English made the Americans pay a tax for
almost everything. But when the Americans started to get angry, the English
decided to remove all the taxes, except for the tax on tea. The Americans were
still angry. They yelled, “We don’t care about the few dollars of taxes we have
to pay, we care about how we are being treated, England! You’re treating us as
slaves by deciding to tax us without any of us having a say about it!”
So when a ship stuffed full of tea crates was arriving at
Boston, the Americans decided that the tea would never be brought ashore. When
the ship landed, an Indian war-cry was heard. The Indians ran up, brandishing
their weapons and boarding the ship, while the frightened sailors just stood
back watching. The Indians came out of the hold struggling under the weight of
the tea crates. Then, they tossed them into the ocean.
The Indians lined up and then everyone found that the
Indians were actually men from Boston. On the way back, they passed the house
that Admiral Montague was staying at for the night. He decided that the
Americans didn't need to pay the tax for the tea anymore. The Americans took
one big step towards liberty.
