The American Revolutionary War: The Boston Tea Party

Countless American Citizens, are confused by the events that actually evoked their nation. The American Revolutionary War is confusing to most citizens. The average citizen might tell you the Boston Massacre started the American Revolutionary, but that is faulty. Your eyes will now open to see what really started the American Revolutionary War. With tons of taxes put on necessary items, such as lead, glass paper, but most importantly tea. The 13 Colonies went berserk when the British decided to taxed all 13 Colonies on their beloved tea. With rage in the Colonists, especially Bostonians who decided to stand up against the British by throwing chests of tea off British ships into the Boston Harbor. This became known as the famous protest, The

“The Tea Act did not impose any new taxes on the American colonies. Instead, it reinforced a three-penny tax remaining from the Townshend Acts of 1767.(Gale).” Tea, one of the colonists’ favorite drinks, became a source for money to the British who put an unfair tax on exported tea. Many colonist became mad at the British and boycotted the drink and protest by dumping tea off British ships, the protest was known as the Boston Tea Party (“The Tea Act.” Films Media). The Boston Tea Party was an event that led to the war to fight for independence from Britain, most commonly known as the Revolutionary War. The British were against the protests, and passed more acts know to the Colonists as “Intolerable Acts” (Go.galegroup.com. N. p., 2018. Web. 14 Mar. 2018). The Tea Act made the Colonists upset which commenced a series of events leading to the American Revolutionary

The protest was an act against the British, for putting an unfair tax on tea. Soon, after the Boston Tea Party, more and more colonists started to protested and go against the British. (Go.galegroup.com. N. p., 2018. Web. 14 Mar. 2018) “The Tea Act led directly to a protest known as the Boston Tea Party. In that incident, the colonists dumped 342 chests of East India Company tea into the ocean” (Britannica school). The Boston Tea Party occurred in December 1773 when a group of colonist boarded British ships and threw chests of tea into the ocean. The reason for this protest, the British had put an unfair tax on tea, a favored drink to the Colonist (Britannica School . School.eb.com. N. p., 2018. Web. 9 Feb. 2018.). The protest, the Boston Tea Party, had occurred because of the Tea Act, a tax put on tea. The Colonist was angry and decided to rise up against the