Answer:
Boston tea party showed that the colonists wanted more representation in government because;
1. The Tea Act and other Acts before it, passed by the British parliament had no input by the colonists who would have resisted them.
2. The act was perpetrated only by colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians and was targeted at the British East India Company.
3. The act wetted the grounds for the fight for independence as the colonists became more united in their fight against British rule.
Explanation:
The Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Act of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773 were all decisions taken exclusively by the British Parliament with no input by the colonists. The British government imposed these taxes on the colonists to recover what they had lost in the seven years war with France.
This did not go down well with the colonists as they had no say in the decisions. They fought these taxations through several acts of unrest like the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea party of December 16, 1773.
