The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the taxation of tea products. Britain had placed a tax on tea and tea products because they had figured that the colonist were boycotting. After the taxation was placed on the tea the colonist was not very happy about it. Because of the taxation placed on tea, the Boston Tea Party soon lead to the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was fight against the British soldiers and the colonists. The colonists had seemed to be fighting or overwhelming a British soldier, as more colonists joined in on the British soldier, the British soldier called for backup and the argument sooner lead to a riot against the soldiers and colonists. The soldiers had killed 5 colonists and some were seriously injured. The patriots then used this as a propaganda and soon got the colonists out of taxation. Colonists then dressed up as Indians and boarded import ships and dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor. The British was punished for their actions and the placement of the intolerable act was placed.