Why did several colonists dump tea into Boston harbor? Many colonists protested the Tea Act. On December 16, 1773 a group of colonists in Boston dressed as Native Americans. They boarded three Tea ships. They dumped 342 chests of â¦Tea into the Boston Harbor. Several colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to Boycott or Protest the Tea act.
DATES OF CONFLICT: BEGAN: April 25, 1846--The first battle between the Mexican and U.S. armies. ENDED: February 2, 1848--The signing of the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo. BELLIGERENTS The United States of America VS.
Mexico and the United States went to war over a vast amount of terrain â what would amount to half of Mexico when it was all over, beginning of course, with Texas, which the United States annexed. The U.S. interest in expansion is very plain.