Compare And Contrast The Massachusetts Port Bill And The Boston Tea Party

The Massachusetts Port Bill and the Massachusetts Government Act both taxed the colonists for professing their thoughts publicly. The Boston Tea Party was an action of diplomacy, according to George R.T. Hewes, a participant in the affair, who reported that the colonists planned to “...take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard...” (Yazawa 115). The Boston Tea Party was a bold act by the colonists; it really got the attention of the British monarchy. In response to the Tea Party, the Massachusetts Port Bill was intended to punish the colonists for Britain's great lose of money (Henretta 153). The Government Act directly ambushed the foundation of democracy that had been set up in the colonies. Specifically, “The Government Act