The Boston Tea Party is an important part of America’s history.
The establishment of independence from Britain did not happen
overnight. A series of events led to the American Revolution. A
turning point in history occurred that December morning in 1773
when the colonists decided it was time to stand up against the
injustices that the mother country of Great Britain had burdened
them with. They began to fight back. The Boston Tea Party was by
no means an act of lost tempers and hotheads. While there was a
lot of anger and resentment, history shows that the colonists
had held many organized meetings to discuss the events that were
unfolding in their cities. They had definite leaders, one of
which was John Hancock. Hancock and the other colonists wanted
to do something about the new taxes that Parliament was
burdening them with. The Boston Tea Party was not the first act
of harmless rebellion. John Hancock was also seized for
smuggling tea to the colonists so that they would not have to
pay Parliament’s taxes.