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Parliament passed a tax on tea that the colonists could not afford. So to try and cancel the tea act, they attacked three ships to get revenge and destroyed a lot of cargo{tea}.

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England got very mad so they made the Intolerable Acts which shut down all the sea ports in Boston and England sent more troops into Boston.

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I believe all the tea was thrown off the boat into the water due to taxes.

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