The Boston Tea Party During The 1600's

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During the 1600’s the King George of England made a Navigation Act which told the colonist who they could trade with. The colonies did not like this and started to smuggle their goods.
The King just kept on putting more taxes and laws on the colonist. Like the Sugar, Stamp Acts and the Townshend Act. This was making the colonist upset with England. So the colonist boycott the English goods, also started the two groups, Son of Liberty and the Daughter of Liberty. They wanted to start protecting themselves. The King repealed the Townshend Act and replaced it with the Tea Act. OH BOY, the colonists didn’t like this. The Son of Liberty dumped the tea in the Boston harbor. This was called the Boston Tea Party.
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