The group of people which believed that the should have the freedom called "The Sons of Liberty" dumped 342 casks of tea, about 42 tons. In that day, it was worth between $1,900,000 and $6,000,000.
On the night of December 6, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. Now it would be over one Million dollars worth of tea.
it was the colonists, because they were the ones paying the taxes in the first place; they dressed up as Mohawk Indians so that they wouldn't get caught! Kiren waz h3r3 <3