The Boston Tea Party

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needed to support the British Army. The Stamp Act caused much controversy amongst the colonists and the Stamp Act congress of 1765 said the colonists could not be taxed without their consent. The Stamp Act was repealed in 1776 and the Parliament also declared that England had full power to tax the colonies whenever it wanted (America On-Line).
Another Act, the Currency Act of 1764 forced the colonists to pay for the entire domestic debt that England had created during the French and Indian War. Also extreme taxes were put on lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea when imported into the colonies. The money that was collected through these taxes was given to British officials in the American colonies. The colonists strongly objected, yet could not do a thing (America On-Line).
In 1770 a new Prime Minister came into power in England, by the name of Lord North; his real name was Frederick. Lord North was born on April 13, 1732 and died on August 5, 1792. He is remembered as the ...

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wise scheme is to take off so much Duty here as will make Tea cheaper in America than Foreigners can supply us, and confine the Duty to keep up the exercise of the Right. The Ministry had no idea that people could act 'from any other principle but that of interest' and believed that a Duty of three pence per pound would be sufficient to overcome all the Patriotism in America" (In Defence of the Public Liberty).
The Tea Act became law on May 10, 1773, however the colonists ignores this law for the first six months that it was a law. A Boston Town Meeting on November 5, 1773, declared the tariff of three pence per pound to be an unconstitutional tax. "A nitrous and steady opposition to ...

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