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The American Revolution: The Boston Tea Party

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he American Revolution was a very important event in the course of our history. One of the conflicts between the British and the Colonists took place during the year of 1773, when colonists protested the use of tariffs on tea placed by the British. This protest was one of the main reasons why the American Revolution was fought. The Boston Tea Party was significant to the American independence, because this was one of the many protests of British rule over the colonies. This finally led to a war which in the end granted the colonies their independence. In the year of 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which were laws that put taxes on various products imported into the British colonies. This brought so much

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