This is Angela Odell, and you are listening to Real Cool History for Kids, a podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical worldview perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to episode 180 of Real Cool History for Kids. This episode is for Max Hanna, who wanted to hear the exciting story of the Boston Tea Party. Hey, Max, this one's for you. Today's story is about one of the most

important events that happened before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.

The Declaration of Independence marked the birth of the United States of America. And guess what?

This year, America is celebrating its 250th birthday. That means for 250 years, Americans have remembered

the brave men and women who helped build our country and protect its freedom. So it's an

important year, you guys, really important. The Boston Tea Party

was one of the moments that helped lead the colonies toward independence. Have you ever heard

the phrase, no taxation without representation? That famous saying became very important in

the years before the American Revolution. And one of the the years before the American Revolution.

And one of the biggest moments connected to that idea happened on a cold December night in Boston Harbor.

Today we're going to learn about a group of colonists who disguised themselves, climbed

aboard ships in the dark, and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the icy water below.

But to understand why they would do something like this, we need to go back just a little bit at first, okay?

So in the 1760s and 1770s, the American colonies still belonged to Great Britain.

King George III ruled over the colonies, and the British government made laws for the colonies to follow, right?

Well, the problem was that many colonists felt like they were being treated unfairly.

You see, the British government had spent a lot of money fighting wars and especially the

French and Indian war that was fought right here in America

a couple of decades before the revolution. Well, afterward, after that war, Britain decided that

the colonies should help pay for those wars through taxes. Colonies all over the, all over the globe that belonged to the British

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