Back to Colonial Home Chapter 7=Why did the colonist break away from England?
  The colonies brook free from England because they were tired of the British raising the taxes on tea, news paper, sugar, and many other things. There were ships coming in with tea so people got onto the ships and started throwing tea off the ship this was none of the Boston tea party. And they needed to rite on a peace of paper saying why they want to break away and win the war.