The Boston Tea Party was one of the most important events in American history. While many might think that the Boston Tea Party was just complaining about taxes, it was truly about the power from King George III and the Parliament.
The Boston Tea Party was mainly a protest that was about taxation, but it is truly a political reason because of its power to control the tea companies and the colonists.
On December 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party occurred. During this time, the American colonists were still under Great Britain’s rule. The colonists thought it was unfair that they were being taxed with no say and were being ignored by the Parliament and the King. The British government gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the tea trade. Not only did this give a price increase in the tea, but it also gave the British Parliament and king a tremendous amount of power over the colonists. Also, according to document E, a poem written by “A Zealous Daughter of Liberty” as a warning to countrymen about the tea act, it expresses not only the
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The Boston Tea Party only happened because King George III and Parliament did not give the colonists a seat in voting about the tea acts and all the other acts. “There is such an amount of good land yet uncultivated that a newly married man can, without difficulty, get a spot of ground where he may comfortably subsist with his wife and children. The taxes are very low, and he need not be under any concern on their account. The liberties he enjoys are so great that he considers himself a prince in his possessions”. This article shows that there is much land to spare for new people and can support a whole family. However, since the taxes are extremely low, the liberties he enjoys are so great that he could be considered as a prince in his