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This document is symbolic of American democracy and freedom.

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Punishment for the Boston Tea Party of 1773, and a violent reaction. A series of events led up to this moment.

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Sons of Liberty members disguised as Indians and destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea. This imposed no new taxes on American colonists.

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Pre-revolutionary incident caused by the anger against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain order and to enforce the Townshend Acts.

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Widespread protest in the American colonies, and the Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend duties.

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Required Americans to pay a tax on every single piece of paper they used. Ship's paper, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, publications, and even playing cards were taxed.

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Raised revenue and taxes on colonists.

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This caused the British to have even more debt than they already did, and it made the colonies declare themselves independent.