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Boston Tea Party Role Play Instructions :
If your last name begins with letters A-D you will be a Participant.
Letters E-K will be a Patriot Bystander
Letters L-P will be a Loyalist Bystander
Letters Q-Z will be a Tea Merchant.
Respond in the blog according to the below prompts...

Participant
In your discussion, you must convince the others of your group that the
British were wrong in trying to tax American colonists for tea.  There is
no taxation without representation, and no matter how low the British
make the price of tea, as long as there's a tax with it, Americans should
refuse to buy it.  The British cannot force American colonists to buy
anything, especially when colonists don't have a voice in Parliament.
Patriot Bystander
In your discussion, you must convince the others of your group that the
Sons of Liberty who participated in the Boston Tea Party should not be
punished.  While you didn't do anything, and you should not be
punished, neither should the Sons of Liberty.  They stood up for your
rights, and the British have no right to force a tax on colonists.  There is
no taxation without representation!
Loyalist Bystander
In your discussion, you must convince the others of your group that the
Sons of Liberty were wrong and destructive.  They should be punished,
because they are causing the King to pass more laws that take away
colonists' rights.  The colonies had lots of rights before some of the
patriots began to disobey the King!  If those few trouble makers are
punished, maybe everything will become normal again.
Tea Merchant
In your discussion, you must convince the others of your group that you
have been hurt the most by this Boston Tea Party.  You live in the
colonies, and things seem OK.  Americans seem to have a pretty good
life here.  But now you have lost so much money, because your entire
shipment of tea was destroyed.  How are you supposed to feed your
family?  Who will pay you back?  This isn't fair!

REVOLUTIONARY RAP
The thirteen colonies in America
Were ruled by England’s king.
The colonists were so happy
The king’s praises they did sing.
Then he began to change things
That were not one bit funny.
He started to tax them
Which means they paid extra money.
As King George made new laws
New taxes he began to shout.
Many colonists became upset
And some even spoke out.
And that is when it happened
The king taxed the tea.
But it wasn’t quite a tea party
This you will plainly see.
Some colonists boarded ships
On a cold day in December.
They dumped 250 chests of tea
This you must remember.
The Redcoats came from Britain
It was order they wanted to keep.
Colonists formed the minutemen
And kept watch to hear one peep.
Paul Revere was paying attention
To see how many lights shone.
When he saw the lights he leapt on his horse
And rode out all alone.
“The Redcoats are coming. The Redcoats are coming.”
He began to warn.
Paul Revere was right
For the Redcoats arrived the next morn.
The shot heard round the world
Was not extremely loud.
It began a war that led
To a new nation that would be proud.
In 1776, American leaders met to sign
The Declaration of Independence
That gained freedom, yours and mine!