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=The Boston Times= King George the III taxed the colonist to pay for the war that the Americans won against the French. The colonist decided not to pay taxes because it was unfair that the colonist had no say in the English government. The government passed tax on three cents extra on every pound of tea. The English sent a warship with 50 cannons to the Boston Harbor. The Americans did not want to pay taxes on paper,paint, and tea. After the Boston Massacre the English stopped taxing everything but tea. media type="custom" key="9287778"

After 1770, Most tea in America was brought in illegally. The company could sell tea at a price that was less than the price of the tea smuggled into America. Samuel Adams said to the colonists that they should fight to change unfair laws. Adams wrote a letter saying the Tea Act was unfair. Adams made many speeches against British government. If the Americans could force the tea agents to quit in public, it would show the British that the Americans had power over them. media type="custom" key="9287980"

American soldiers stopped the tea ship Dartmouth from unloading it's tea. The English tea ship Dartmouth docked in Boston Harbor. Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty protested against the British. Adams sent men to crush the tea that floated onto the beach. British soldiers kept ships carrying supplies to the Americans out of the Boston Harbor. Americans in other colonies thought King George the III was being hard on the people of Boston. The American colonist wanted England to know that the American colonies were united. The Americans respected patriots like Samuel Adams did. .media type="custom" key="9288010"