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The Boston Tea Party
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Because British companies like East India Company would not have to pay the tax on tea, they could sell their tea for a cheaper price than could companies based in the Americas.
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The colonists were forced to pay taxes to a government run by leaders they did not elect. The colonists also had no say in the laws that these leaders passed.
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Parliament shut down Boston Harbor, as part of a series of laws that became known as the Intolerable Acts, or Coercive Acts.
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The colonists organized military resistance and petitioned the British government to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
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The Tea Party increased conflict between Britain and the colonists, eventually leading to war.