The Boston Tea Party started as a reaction to the British imposing an embargo of tea and coffee trade on the colonies.

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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred in 1773 in Boston, Massachusetts, in reaction to the British imposing a tax on tea and giving the British East India Company a monopoly on tea distribution in the colonies. It was not related to an embargo on tea and coffee trade.

The Boston Tea Party Started as a Reaction to the British