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Boston Tea Party The colonist in 1773 had endured several attempts to tax them by their mother country, but the tax on tea was the breaking point. Britain had been defending the colonist with their Navy, and incurring a lot of debt in the process. The mother country decided to try recouping some of the debt by devising ways of taxing the colonist. After the end of the French and Indian War, Britain emerged with a …

…removed. Restrictions were placed on town meetings, in contrast to previous law now the officials who killed colonists in the line of duty would be sent to Britain for trial. The colonist believed this was to protect them so they could be set free. The Boston Tea Party was the breaking point between the British Parliament and the colonist, this and the 'Intolerable Acts" as they were called were what lead to the Revolutionary War.