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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!