In 1773, Britain's East India Company was sitting on large stocks of tea that it could not sell in England. It was on the verge of bankruptcy but in an effort to save it the government passed the Tea Act of 1773. This Act gave the company the right to export its merchandise directly to the colonies without paying any of the regular taxes that were imposed on the colonial merchants, who had traditional

All of these Acts only made the colonies strive harder for their own freedom even more so in a way the British were only pushing the colonies forward towards their goal of freedom. Because of their rebellious efforts, the colonies found themselves standing in front of England’s attempts to overpower the American Colonies. In the end they won their freedom even though they were in what appeared to be a losing situation.

After the taxation of goods when on for so long the American Colonies started to refuse the English goods by boycotting them. At first it worked and King George III lowered the taxes and the Colonies began to buy the English goods once more. Everything was going well until King George III brought about new taxes and again the colonies became displease once more. The outcome was that the Congress submitted a petition to King George III requesting they reserve to Parliament the right to regulate colonial trade, but denied it the power to tax the colonies, to

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