The colonists believed that England was taxing them unfairly to repay the debt accumulated from the French and Indian War. This problem became widely known as “Taxation Without Representation.” Parliament had implemented various laws that taxed the American colonists on tea, stamps, oil, lead, paper, etc. In response to these taxes imposed on the colonies, a group of colonists called “The Sons of Liberty” rioted on the evening of December 16, 1773 (Boston Tea Party, 2016). Their rebellion consisted of the destruction of 342 chests of tea distributed by the East India Company (Boston Tea Party, 2016). American colonists accused King George III of tyranny and soon after insisted on independence from him