The Boston Tea Party: A Point Of No Return

A Point of No Return is the point beyond which one must continue on one’s current course of action due to the fact that turning back is either physically impossible, expensive or dangerous. Through their existing power over the colonists, the British Parliament gave total monopoly to the East India Company, who were then able to sell their tea at immensely cheap prices to compete with smuggled tea being sold in the Colonies. This led to radical Bostonians dressing as Indians and boarding English tea ships to capsize cargo into the Boston harbor, which was known as the Boston Tea party. This act of rebellion was taken both positively as well as negatively from both sides of the quarrel. The Boston Tea Party was the point of no return towards …show more content…
These ideologies became even more prevalent once Britain started to tax the colonists in many diverse ways to benefit themselves financially. Colonists were not oblivious towards what Parliament and the King were trying to do, which was to continue a Mercantilist economy as well as finance future military organizations and repay war debts. To avoid this, which was included in passing of the Tea Tax, colonists formed nonimportation agreements where they would not purchase British tea due to “taxation without representation”, but smuggle their tea into the Boston harbors through other vendors. But once the East India Company began to rule the market, the colonists realized they must put an end to any financial aiding towards their disliked “leaders”. The events that ensued during the Boston Tea Party were very clearly Anti-British, and although they originally were not pleasing to most people, the Intolerable Acts that followed were what really began to anger many colonists. They could never be able to be at peace after all the damage they caused. These Intolerable Acts closed the Boston Harbor until repayment for damages were covered, which brought immense damage upon the economy there. They also called attention to the fact that the colonists could trade among countries without Britains help, and that they could go without their …show more content…
The colonists became a bit of a nuisance to them, considering the fact that although Parliament placed the unwanted taxes upon them, some of them were funding for their protection. The Colonists’ reaction towards the Tea Tax was understandable, due to the fact that they believed in taxing themselves. The main issue was that instead of constructively coming up with a plan to possible end the purchasing of tea or another alternative, they rebelliously stole and destroyed goods. The violent nature of the colonists towards the British commerce led to much hatred by British rulers. The Intolerable Acts, even if they were drastic measures, were to ensure they were fully reimbursed for the damaging actions of the colonists. Their actions were unacceptable, and they would not be forgiven for the. They were dumbfounded that the colonists would even dare to defy them in such a hurtful way, especially concerning the Mercantilist system. Parliament was somewhat okay with the separate ruling in the beginning of the New World, but after this, many mindsets began to