Early American History: The Boston Tea Party

There are many views on who had the right to govern the land that the British settlers had inhabited. On one hand people believed it should be the Native Americans since they were the first ones to live on the land before anybody arrived. Ultimately they were forced out. On the other hand the British believed that the British Parliament since they are the ones who founded the colony. Ultimately, the British settlers have the right to govern themselves in their own land. Due to the many skirmishes pertaining to the land in the Americas the British Parliament and Colonists needed to determine who had the right to govern the territory. Since the Englishmen were the ones living in the land that had been found it would only make sense that they are the ones given the right to govern themselves. There are many speculations and ideas about what brought on the American Revolution but the most relevant is the fact that the colonies wanted to be free from the rules imposed by the …show more content…
They would stop buying British goods or paying their taxes. One very well know example of this rebellion was the Boston Tea Party. In Boston when the tea arrived on the Dartmouth the colonists refused to pay the duties in order to have the tea shipped back to England. This was to show England that their tea was unnecessary and that the colonies could survive without its aid. The Boston Tea Party was sparked when this proposal was declined by the consignees and Governor who were appointed by Britain. “In 1773 some colonists in Boston, Massachusetts demonstrated their frustration by dressing up like Indians, sneaking onto ships in the harbor, and dumping imported tea into the water.” After this act of disapproval towards England the Boston port was closed but this didn’t stop the people from fighting for their rights. A similar event occurred in Yorktown, VA in