The colonists believed that their rights as englishmen were being infringed on by British regulation, although they weren’t pleased, they weren’t “all in” on a full scale revolution. This was until the The Tea Act was passed by parliament in 1773, which acted as the impetus for the revolution. The Tea Act lead to hostility and rebellion against British tea coming into the colonial ports, and to violent confrontations between the colonial militia and the British army. Therefore, The Tea Act was the point of no return, when the American Revolution was inevitable. The Tea Act was not intended for raising revenue for Great Britain, but was put into place to keep the East India Company from going bankrupt, they had 18 million pounds of tea sitting,
