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I. One single act of greed can have a significant affect on the whole course of history.
----A. The British taxed colonies in America to pay for the war, which made a lot of colonists very upset.
-------i. "The colonies refused to pay the levies required by the Townsend Acts claiming they had no obligation to pay taxes imposed by a Parliament in which they had no representation". ("The Boston Tea Party, 1773," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com 2002).
----------a. British decided to make colonists pay taxes on tea, which everyone drank daily, they thought this was ridiculous some refused to buy tea, some started smuggling it to avoid paying the taxes.

II. The colonies in America relied greatly on the trade between them and Great Britain.
----A. For Massachusetts to agree upon not sending or importing anything from Britain was a huge step towards their revolution.
-------i."That we will not, from and after January 1, 1769, import into the province any tea, paper, glass, or painters' colors, until the Acts imposing duties on these articles have been repealed" (Boston Non-Importation Agreement).

III. The spreading of Small Pox was a huge disadvantage during the American war for the patriots to succeed their revolution.
----A. The impact of the deadly disease almost caused all the American military strategies to fail.
-------i. "This frightening disease affected the actions of the revolutionary army and its generals, reduced the American ability to attract and hold recruits, and influenced the controversial development of preventive medical polices".(Becker)

IV. The British sent their troops to America before the war had begun, they went there to control the patriots.
----A. They were looking for the uprising, they went through peoples homes without consent, raided through everything, taking anything valuable, burning barns and homes and killing not only patriots but loyalist as well.



The Boston Tea Party was one of the most dramatic and significant events before the American revolution.