The History of the Boston Tea Party 

Did you know the Boston Tea Party was caused not by a tax increase, but by a tax decrease?
To be sure, in the lead-up to the famous revolt 250 years ago, the British government did raise taxes several times to pay back government debt from the French and Indian War. But the tax hikes weren’t the direct reason 90,000 pounds of tea ended up in the Atlantic Ocean.
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