Q:- What was the immediate cause of America's war of Independence?
-> The Boston Tea party...
The British East India Company had controlled all tea trading between India and the British colonies. They removed all taxes and duties on goods, except for tea. This became the focal point of the colonists anger. As a result of the tea tax, the colonies refused to buy the British tea. The colonies that the British government remove the tax on tea. In addition, the dockworkers began refusing to unload the tea from ships.
The Governor of Massachusetts demanded that the tea be unloaded. He also demanded that the people pay the taxes and duty on tea. On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty" went to the Boston Harbor. They boarded three British ships, the Beaver, the Eleanor and the Dartmouth, and dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution.
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