Summary:
The rights of the British East India Company.
The British East India Company violated several rights of the colonists during the 1770's to 1800's. The British East India had their rights violations by the colonists before the Boston Tea Party. The colonists had their rights violated after the Boston Tea Party. The influence of these violations of rights had started the country's independence.
The East was becoming a problem after the Townsend Acts. Parliament wanted to keep peace in the colonies, but it kept the tax to show that they still could tax the colonists. Since colonist boycotted tea and smuggled tea into the colonies, the east India Company asked parliament to directly sell to the colonies. The company pointed out that if they charge lower prices the consumer would buy the tea. They thought this machination would create a profit in tea, but the sons of liberty had other machinations in minds. The Colonists dressed up as Indians and dump the tea that was imported from India. The Boston Tea Party took place, but little did they realize that these acts would come back and haunt them.
The Boston tea party caused the great debt for the East India Company. Parliament had no options, but to tax the colonists. These acts were called "The Intolerable Acts." Not only did the company tax to make up for the loss of money, but canceled the Massachutes charter, closed the Boston harbor and allowed the Quartering Act. Colonists wrote pamphlets and editorials to criticize the acts of the British Government. Colonists Leaders organize a complete boycott of British goods in the colonies. There wasn't strong support of to boycott; Merchants didn't want to lose money. There was a movement for gathering representatives from each colony to discuss the abuse of colonial rights.
The continental congress discussed their abused rights and set resolutions to king George 3rd, but the king refused. He sent troops to Boston and Paul Revere's ride took placed. The Battle Of Lexington and Concord took place. These events lead up to the Declaration of Independence, which declared our independence from England. Eventually the Revolutionary War took place and created the independent country we live in today.
Both the British East India company and the colonists rights were violated, during the 1700's to 1800's. The British East India had their rights violations by the colonists before the Boston Tea Party. The colonists had their rights violated after the Boston Tea Party. The influence of these violations of rights had started the country's independence. As a result of the violation of rights of the colonist and the, the country would not be where it is today.
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