On December 16, 1773 , 342 chests of tea beloging to the British East India Company were thrown by a group of colonists to the sea in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a protest against heavy taxation and harsh treatment by British authorities. "Taxation without representation" was the slogan of a growing number of dissatisfied Americans who resented taxes dictated by the Crown without having the benefit of political representation in Parliament. The incident is called the Boston Tea Party.
One of Machiavelli's main arguments in The Prince, which was a political treatise published in the 16th century was D. <span>Good leaders sometimes have to be cruel for the overall good of their society. </span>
