Throughout the course of history there have been many events leading up to the independence of America. One of the most important and influential events was the Boston Tea Party. Leading to this, angry colonists boarded a ship filled with many chests of tea and threw them overboard. The Boston Tea Party marked the first act of open resistance to British rule (Britannica p1). The Boston Tea Party alone was not the main event that brought America its independence (Stein 13).
George III, King of Britain was responsible for passing taxes on colonists to help make up the loss of money from…
