Discusses how and why American colonists protested high taxes from Great Britain by dumping tea in Boston Harbor in 1773, as well as the ramifications of their actions. NOTE: Also available digitally thru Macin Via (found on the Student Resources page of the MBAEA site). Contents: Introduction -- No taxation without representation -- Redcoats in boston -- Tea and taxation -- Saltwater tea -- Paying the fiddler -- Writing exercise. Interest Level: 3-6 Reading Level: 5.8 ATOS Book Level: 5.8 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 1 AR Quiz: 137233EN Reading Counts Level: 5.5 Reading Counts Points: 4 Lexile Measure: 850 Guided Reading Level: S.