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During the 1760’s the American Colonies began to find themselves being taxed by the English on many things they were getting from them for free in the past. The Colonies reactions to these taxes resulted in boycotting and sometimes even violence because of their views of no taxes imposed on colonies without their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives. The Colonies found themselves up against the English Government by opposing them. This opposition was portrayed in many different ways including Boston Tea Party, Colonial Boycotts and the Stamp Act Congress. 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