: Despite the destruction of the tea, participants reportedly took care not to damage other private property. They even replaced a broken padlock on one of the ships the following day. Causes & Motivations The Boston Tea Party | American Battlefield Trust
: Protesters dumped 342 chests (approximately 92,000 pounds or 46 tons) of East India Company tea into Boston Harbor. boston tea party
: The destroyed tea was worth about £9,659 at the time, which is estimated to be between $1 million and $2 million in modern currency. : Despite the destruction of the tea, participants
: A group of about 30 to 130 men, many disguised as Mohawk warriors to hide their identities, boarded three ships—the Dartmouth , the Eleanor , and the Beaver . 659 at the time