The Boston Tea Party of 1773 arose from two issues: financial problems of the British East India Company and an ongoing dispute about the extent of the Parliment's authority. The Tea Party was a protest between the Boston colonist and the colony of Massachusetts. On this day, the officials refused to return the ship loads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonist boarded the ship and threw it overboard into the Boston Harbor.
Many of the colonist in Massachusetts objected the Tea Act for many reasons. The most important reason is they believed that it violated their right as citizens to be taxed only by their own representatives.
One man in particular is Governor Thomas Hutchinson. This man refused the allow the tea to be returned to Britain. He didn't realize that the colonist would be so outraged that they would throw the tea overboard. The Main importance of the Tea Party was the growth in the American Revolution.
Parliament then responded to another act called the Coercive Act or Intolerable Act. This act describes the laws passed by British Government. After one act over another, the crisis escalated to the American Revolutionary War which began in 1773.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party
Lauren Bray
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