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Americans have always been outspoken and strong-willed. There may be no better example of this then the Boston Tea Party. The events in Boston on December 16, 1773, were a major part of the build up that led to the American Revolution. The colonists were disapproving of how the British government was treating them. They came up with some very unique and extremely historic ways to show their disapproval. The East India Tea Company was on the verge of going bankrupt in 1773. Because of Britain’s continued taxation of tea imported to the United States after the repeal of the Townshend Revenue Act in 1770, Americans already had a bad taste in their mouth when it came to tea. Although the tax itself only cost American families pennies each year, Samuel Adams pointed out that the Parliament could change that at their will. Many colonists began drinking tea smuggled from Holland. When the British Parliament passed the Tea Act of 1773, some Ame