Why Was The Boston Tea Party Important

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Tyler Lopa
Mrs. Norris
Social Studies 8
3/31/23
The Boston Tea Party Why was the Boston Tea Party an important event leading up to the American Revolutionary War? The Boston Tea Party was a turning point for the colonists to prove to Britain what they were capable of. It happened on December 16th 1773, right before the American Revolutionary War. This was when Britain was putting out many new acts for taxes, like the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the well known Tea Act. Britain did this to help them pay for their army but the colonists didn’t like this at all. The Boston Tea Party was one of the important events leading up to the American Revolutionary War because it showed Britain how much the colonists hated how they were being treated, it caused Britain to punish the colonists for their actions which made the colonists even more mad, and it caused many of the colonists to follow what the Sons of Liberty did and try to fight back too. One of the reasons the Boston Tea Party led to the American Revolutionary War was because it showed Britain how much the colonists hated the way they were treated and taxed. It started with the colonists boycotting …show more content…

The Intolerable Acts is a good example of this. These acts or laws really angered the colonists which led to war. If the Boston Tea Party didn’t happen, then the Intolerable Acts would have never been created at least not for a while anyway. The Tea Act and Stamp Act were the start of this, the colonists didn’t want to pay taxes for Britain when they didn’t have any representation or say in parliament. It states in Constitution Daily “No taxation without representation!” The colonists ended up protesting against Britain because of these Acts, hence the Boston Tea Party, and this caused everything to

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