Boston Tea Party Reflection

One of the things I learned was how dedicated the men who executed the Boston Tea Party were to their cause. They destroyed the tea when they could have stolen it. When a couple men did try to steal some, they were chased so that the tea could be destroyed. They were very thorough in destroying it as well. Before throwing the crates of tea overboard, they hacked holes into them so it would be ruined, and if the tea came out of the crates they would smack it with paddles until it was ruined.
The thing that surprised me most was how calmly the Boston Tea Party was executed. Each man was told to follow one of three commanders, only one of whose name is known. Each man worked side by side with a man who he did not know and did not speak to. There wasn’t any shouting as they threw the crates of tea overboard. They simply dropped the crates over the edge one at time. As they walked away from their accomplishment, each man went to his own home without a word to his nameless partners.