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The Boston Tea Party


 * 1764 || -Parliament taxed sugar on the Boston colonies to raise money for the crown starting The Sugar Act ||
 * 1764 || -The colonies weren't allowed to have their own form of currency starting The Currency Act ||
 * 1765 || -The stamp act was from the first tax on the american olonies. ||
 * 1767 || -The start of tea getting shipped to america ||
 * 1773 || -Parliament passed the Tea Act to the British trading company. ||
 * 1773 || -Three English tea ships ignited a furious reaction dumping chests of tea in the Boston Harbor. ||
 * 1774 || -The british government reacted and ended this party! ||
 * 1775 || -New england made a restraining act and started to trade new england colonies ||

([]) The residents of Boston throwing tea off of the ship

([]) An important part of the Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party was caused by the East India Company being one of he strongholds of the British Economy. By 1773, England had ruling over thirteen American colonies: Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Georgia. The colonists and the British rulers often disagreed, but Britain ruled it's colonies otherwise peacefully. The Americans always aided their Mother Country, Britain. The French and British fought for control over North America between 1754 and 1763. This conflict was-called the French & Indian War. Thousands of Native Americans sided with France, and thousands of Americans colonists fought for Britain. England won the war, but it had been very costly. They owed 158 million pounds: Billions of American dollars today. British lawmakers said, in their own defense, that war had made their thirteen colonies. In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which allowed taxes on stamps to pay back their debt. The Boston Tea Party was a very influential event in American history. Boston owed billions of dollars, so they taxed imports and exports to make money. The colonists because frustrated with taxes on basic amenities, which led up to the Boston Tea Party. =Who ruled the Boston Colonies?= =How many colonies did England rule in America?=