The Boston Tea Party Was A Key Event That Helped Propel...

The Boston Tea Party was a key event that further escalated tension between colonists and the British government which helped propel the American Revolution. With tensions rising due to a long list of taxes issued from Parliament in the past thirteen years, colonists felt an increased need to protest against subordination to Britain. At the time, Britain was repaying war debts and felt that they were entitled to the right to tax the colonies since they funded their expeditions. However, colonists adamantly disagreed with Parliament as they were developing their own independent nation and wanted their own identity. As a result, a group of colonists devised and executed a brilliantly bold plan that would earn their†¦show more content†¦The most scrutinized taxes following were arguably the Sugar Act and Stamp Act which added to the tension between colonists and their mother country. Colonists however, refused the idea that their mother country had the right to tax them because they lacked representation in Parliament. Their rallying cry †No taxation without representation† would later become synonymous with disgruntled colonists throughout America. As a result, many colonists demonstrated their outrage by organizing riots and boycotting taxed goods. Moreover, groups such as the Committee of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty rose to prominence by pushing for American independence. One of the major events that set the precedent for the Boston Tea Party, was the Boston Massacre which began as a small quarrel between a group of colonists and British troops but quickly intensified and led to the deaths of five Bostonians. As stated in one of my sources, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution by Alfred F. Young a book that is based on the story of the Boston Tea Party from the perspective of George Robert Twelve’s Hewes (1742-1840), a shoemaker in Boston at the time, mentioned that he remembered the huge political confrontation that followed the massacre. â€Å"When thousands of angry townspeople faced hundreds of British troops massed with ready rifles† (p. 39). The tension between both sides quickly escalated