Berlín conference of 1884 - 85 ( Congo Conference ) regulated European colonization for trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period
They would not pay taxes on their tea, plain and simple. The Boston Tea Party is also important because of both the British and American responses to the actions that followed the tea party.
The United States constitution was a highly controversial subject in that some people thought it would give the federal government too much power,while others thought it would give it too little.The compromise was about how much power to leave the individual states.