The Misunderstanding Of The Boston Tea Party

Almost every American knows something about the Boston Tea Party, but some people have a misunderstanding of the events occurring at that time in our country’s history and what lead the colonists to act the way they did toward the British government. The Tea Act of 1773 was supposed to benefit the colonists by lowering tax rates on tea. Instead of being content with this arrangement, the colonists were enraged. They felt it was unfair of England to make them pay taxes at all. The Tea Act did too little, and did nothing to placate the colonists in their New World.

Boston colonists decided to send an unmistakable message to British rulers. On December 16, 1733, thousands of colonists disguised themselves as Indians and boarded three, newly