They might say that the actions of the colonists could have provoked war instead of trying to avoid it. The Boston Tea Party is an example of this. To be true, they are right to a point. Americans at the time did do things to provoke the British government and army, but they must know that they did try many times to reconcile before these things happened. An act of protest the colonists displayed was the Boston Tea Party.The Boston Tea Party was provoked because of the very high tea taxes being imposed on all imported tea. The colonists did send over great minds to negotiate with Britain but just like the Olive Branch Petition, all these efforts were ignored. At this point, many colonists were fed up with Britain’s ignorance and did this in order to get Britain’s attention. Peaceful attempts at restoring their relationship were being ignored so they had to move to a different
They might say that the actions of the colonists could have provoked war instead of trying to avoid it. The Boston Tea Party is an example of this. To be true, they are right to a point. Americans at the time did do things to provoke the British government and army, but they must know that they did try many times to reconcile before these things happened. An act of protest the colonists displayed was the Boston Tea Party.The Boston Tea Party was provoked because of the very high tea taxes being imposed on all imported tea. The colonists did send over great minds to negotiate with Britain but just like the Olive Branch Petition, all these efforts were ignored. At this point, many colonists were fed up with Britain’s ignorance and did this in order to get Britain’s attention. Peaceful attempts at restoring their relationship were being ignored so they had to move to a different