The Boston Tea Party

 King George ||| and Lord Townshed needed to raise money for their government, there were debts to be pay, a royal lifestyle to be maintained, and the England population had no more money. After the Stamp Act that was repealed in 1766. The British passed the Townshend Act in 1767, creating new import dutties on everyday items, like glass, paint, lead, paper and tea.The colonits were discontent with the heavy taxes that were being levied on them. So they decided to do a boycott of all British goods.

 Later on they relent and drop the tax except for tea. They decided it was a brilliant idea to tax the colonits again but this time Parliament passed a law to sell the tea directly to the colonists and cheaper. The colonits wouldn't buy it and also protested. In December 16, 1773, the British East India Company sent a ship loaded with tea to Boston Harbor. Boston Patriots dressed as Mohawk indians took control of the Boston harbor through all the tea from the ships into the ocean. They were 342 trucks in all. The British were unable to indentify the guilty ones.

This act of rebellion cause many problems with the British king and the Parliament. They didn't accepted the act of disobedience from the colonists and were furious. So they set some new rules for the colonists called the Intolerable Acts. Parliament passed the Boston Port Act. They closed the harbor until colonists payed the taxes from the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts lead to the unification of the colonists and started their first continental congress.