The History of Tea

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tea. These acts were called the Townsend Duties, but the colonists called them the "Insidious Acts". Mass meetings were held and people tried to influence others not to buy English imported goods anymore. In the end the parliament removed all the taxes except for tea. Actually the colonists easily didn’t want to accept, to pay taxes to a government, they don’t really belong to anymore. Although this tax on the tea cost a colonial family just pennies a year. Sam Adams, a kind of leader of the colonists, figured out, that the tax could be raised or lowered by the parliament at will. The reactions of the British Government were called the "Intolerable Acts". 4000 British soldiers closed the Boston Harbor, so that Boston couldn’t get any food or other important goods. But this act failed it’s mission, because the other colonists sent the Boston citizens food and other life important goods. They also created a militia to protect themselves of the British army. They also weren’t allowed to hold any meetings in Boston anymore. These tries to get the colonies under their control again were the last ones with a view of success. This was a turning point in the Revolution as a whole because it allowed people to realize that rebellion was acceptable.  Rebellions, such as the Boston Tea Party, exemplify a way in which revolutions come to be.  After a few years, in 1776, the United States became its own nation, and a part of that success stems from the Boston Tea Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party – Anonymous, "Account of the Boston Tea Party by a Participant," (1773) http://www.ushistory.org/us/9f.asp

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