Boston Tea Party

After the colonies complained about the taxes, the British decided to take away taxes on everything except the tea. Once again, the colonies were unhappy with these measures, so they decided to take action.

In 1774 a ship of the British East India Company arrived at the Boston Port carrying lots of tea for importation. A group of colonies disguised themselves as Indians and bordered the ship; they raided it and threw all the tea into the Boston Harbor Sea Shore. These actions angered the Parliament and the Crown, so to punish the Bostonians the Parliament shut down the Boston Harbor, until they paid for the tea and impose the coercive acts.