Here is a possible answer for Boston's revolt against taxation:
The British government made a number of taxation laws, but because of protests, the government modified or repealed many of these laws. These laws and subsequent protests contributed to growing tensions throughout the colonies. One specific tax, The Stamp Act, was a tax that required that stamps purchased from the British government be affixed to legal documents, such as bills of sale, licenses, commissions, almanacs, advertisements, pamphlets, newspapers, and playing cards. With the Tea act, the British authorized the East India Company to ship tea directly to colonies, although this lowered the price of tea for colonists, many colonists were still angry at being taxed at all. A group of patriots that met in the Old South Meeting House, decided to not allow some ships to unload their cargo and that they would not pay any duties, or taxes and demanded that these ships return the tea to England. The Royal British governor, Thomas Hutchinson, responded by attempting to keep the ships in the harbor so that the tea could eventually be unloaded. He arrested and charged some members of the Sons of Liberty, a group behind the protest.
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