Boston Tea Party Essay
On December 16, 1773 a group of men from the Massachusetts colony had boarded three British tea ship as Mohawk Indians. They were protesting the taxes that the British had put in place on tea and had dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor. The Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War by upsetting the Colonists due to the unfair taxation, overbearing British rule and the overgrowing differences between American and British beliefs.
After the French and Indian war King George III and British Parliament had made a tax on tea to pay off the debts that resulted from the war. They figured people would much rather pay the tax than give up tea altogether. The colonists believed that was unfair, but there was another part to it. American colonists …show more content…
American colonists did not agree with the way that the British had been taxing them for expenses during the FRench and Indian war. They did not believe there was a right for them to be taxed. Britain had realized that they could make more money off the Americans if they taxed them for all the tea they would drink. Which came to about 1.2 million pounds a year. The British prices had risen and the Americans started smuggling tea. In result, Parliament passed an act that revoked the taxes the British had made on their tea. Therefore, those prices went back down to what the Dutch had it as. It made the Americans not smuggle as much tea as they had been. Then the Townshend Acts were passed and taxed more than just the tea. Later on another act was passed that repealed the tea taxes once again. In 1773, the Tea Act was passed which made it possible for the British East India company to have control over tea sales to the American colonies. Smuggling had then began to grow even more. American colonists believed that the taxing on tea was just a way for the already existing tea tax to gain more support. Smuggled tea starting to cost more money than the tea from the British East India company’s had been. John Hancock and Samuel Adams had been smuggling the tea to protect their own economic fascination instead of following the Tea
After the French and Indian war King George III and British Parliament had made a tax on tea to pay off the debts that resulted from the war. They figured people would much rather pay the tax than give up tea altogether. The colonists believed that was unfair, but there was another part to it. American colonists …show more content…
American colonists did not agree with the way that the British had been taxing them for expenses during the FRench and Indian war. They did not believe there was a right for them to be taxed. Britain had realized that they could make more money off the Americans if they taxed them for all the tea they would drink. Which came to about 1.2 million pounds a year. The British prices had risen and the Americans started smuggling tea. In result, Parliament passed an act that revoked the taxes the British had made on their tea. Therefore, those prices went back down to what the Dutch had it as. It made the Americans not smuggle as much tea as they had been. Then the Townshend Acts were passed and taxed more than just the tea. Later on another act was passed that repealed the tea taxes once again. In 1773, the Tea Act was passed which made it possible for the British East India company to have control over tea sales to the American colonies. Smuggling had then began to grow even more. American colonists believed that the taxing on tea was just a way for the already existing tea tax to gain more support. Smuggled tea starting to cost more money than the tea from the British East India company’s had been. John Hancock and Samuel Adams had been smuggling the tea to protect their own economic fascination instead of following the Tea