The American colonists were patriots, the British Parliament were enforcing heavy taxes on them, and were treated poorly and abused by British soldiers.
Between the years 1763 and 1775, the British Parliament passed several laws that regulated trades and enforced taxes on the American colonies(“Parliamentary Taxation. . .”). In 1764, the British Parliament passed the Currency act, which forbid the colonies to use paper money,which made it very difficult for the colonists to pay debts and taxes(Parliamentary Taxation...). The British Parliament lowered taxes on tea imports, but colonial trade companies couldn’t compete with the East India company. On December 16 1773, American colonists disguised