Fight For Independance: The Boston Tea Party

Fight for Independance

Ever wonder what sparked the revolution between Great Britain and colonial America? It all started with small rebellions against early British actions that led to the ultimate separation between the two rivals. Great Britain, one of the strongest nations even till this day, dominated over land and power and never doubted their victory against the colonists. However sooner or later did Britain realize that their invision of a small, weak army transformed into determined colonists willing to give up their lives. Moreover, Britain would have to endure years of war and protest due to the colonist’s desire for equal rights and freedom as citizens. From a proposal that forced colonists to pay taxes to heavy rebellion

In 1773, a new law following the Stamp Act called the Tea Act prompted more protest and action leading to the Boston Tea Party. The idea of the Tea Act was considered by Lord North due to his attempt to rescue the British East India Company. The American boycott badly damaged the successful flow of the amount of tea sold by the company so the British planned to give complete control over tea sales in the colonies to themselves. However the colonists, undeceived, thought this was another attempt to tax them without their consent. On the 16th of December, the Sons of Liberty took action, preventing the process of imported tea and instead dumping them in the sea. Out of the 50 men taking part in this action, George Hewes, one of the many aboard, described what happened on that night. “We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard.” (Document H, Eyewitness Account by a Participant, George Hewes) The British, incapable to proceed with any plan, watched 90,000 pounds of tea dumped into the sea, the plan had worked. However consequences followed triumph, slowly breaking unification between the British and

The colonists started out as a mob of hopeless individuals but soon cooperated through perils due to their one focus, their independance. Through the first act passed by Parliament, the Stamp Act, the colonists proved the fact that they would go beyond sacrificing their lives for their rights. However some rebellions proved threatening as some patriots attacked, killed, or even buried the tax collectors alive. Things did seem to quiet down after several more acts were passed, repealed year after year, but the war wasn’t even close to an end. In the year of 1773, one of the most memorable incidents in history occurred, the Boston Tea Party. The cause was a way of revealing Britain’s unfair use of tyranny toward the colonists and their way of retaliating with actions almost as cruel as the British. Due to the 90,000 pounds of tea thrown into the sea that night, Parliament passed the last act, the Intolerable Acts. It clearly stated three important factors; to close the Boston Harbor until all tea were paid for, place Massachusetts under British control, and the British soldiers that were to be tried in England. These actions brought the British and America closer and closer to war. Would America be able to win their