Why Did the Trouble Begin?
When the colonists came over to the Americas, they decided to settle and create new homes away from England. The only problem was that King George III was still in charge of them, but he was far away in England. The colonists didn't like that King George III was trying to control them when they felt like they lived in a new country.
Click on the British flag below to learn about the causes of the Boston Tea Party. Then take a second to write down some of the reasons the colonists wanted to separate from England.