Agreed, from now on colonist will be taxed on goods.
We need to tax the colonists so we can get out of debt
Americans don't agree with the tax
what tax are you talking about
can I have a deck of cards
yes that will be 1 dollar plus tax
The British and colonist fought in a war against the French and Indians to make sure that the land wasBritish. This war led Britain to become broke.
Boston Tea Party
Britain Parliament decides to tax the Americans on goods to get out of the debt that they obtained from the war. Theses goods included stamps sugar and tea.
Interable Acts
agreed
ok we will punish the colonist for what they did. we will make them follow 5 rules to make sure this never happens again.
agreed
Americans soon find out about the tax that was placed on them. they get mad because they didn't get any representation on the decision.
Revolutionary war
On the night of December 16,1776 people from the sons of liberty dressed up like Indians to sneak onto a British ship carring tea. they dumped 342 chest of tea into the Boston harbor, because Britain made a deal with the east India company to sell cheap tea to the colonist.
After the events of the Boston tea party the British placed intolerable acts on the colonist. these were 5 rules placed on the colonists to make sure nothing like the Boston tea party never happened again.
we need to punish the colonist for what they did
Halfway through 1775, the colonists had enough. They wanted to break free from Britain. This war between the colonists and Britain lasted 8 years and by the end of it the colonist were free from Britain and now in a new country called the United States of America.