Essay On Boston Tea Party

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By the late 17th century the construction and maintenance of the huge number of ships required to build and defend the British Empire left very few pine trees. King George III wanted to build ships, so he used Pine trees. He used pine trees, because they were big and strong. Due to the lack of pine trees in England, British Parliament and King George made a law that protected white pines over 12 inches. Settlers had to pay money to get a license to have the authority to cut trees.Deputy Surveyor had the authority to check settlers sawmills and if he found White pines, logs, lumber cut without royal license, he could mark each piece with a broad arrow. Then the sheriff seized the logs and lumber and sawmill owners had to pay or go to jail.…show more content…
It was but a short step from here to the First Continental Congress and eventually the Declaration of Independence. Boston Tea Party On December 16, 1773, American patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded the vessels of the East Indian Company docked in the Boston harbor and dumped all the tea that was on the three ships into the ocean. They emptied 342 chests of tea which was valued at more than 10,000 pounds. This event became known as the "Boston Tea Party." The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to the Tea Act of 1773 that was passed by Parliament to save the British East India Company from (not having enough money to pay bills). The Tea Act(almost completely eliminated all taxes on tea except the three pence Townshend tax. More importantly, it offered American s tea at a lower price than that of the colonial criminals (who sneak illegal things into or out of places). Hence, the British East India Company would be saved from (not having enough money to pay bills), the colonial criminals (who sneak illegal things into or out of places) would be out of business, and the way of thinking/basic truth/rule of(related to elected lawmakers) taxation would be judged as
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