0
What else can I help you with?
Why were colonists angered by the Tea Act?
Although the British East India Company had reduced the price on their tea (due to the Tea Act), this was just a way to hide the taxes of the Townshend Acts from the colonists. Aware of these taxes, the colonists refused to purchase ths tea, refusing to accept that the British had the right to tax them. They protested during the Boston Tea Party, where they dumped the tea into the Boston harbor.
In what year did the Boston colonists boycott the British Tea Act?
1775, right after the tea tax
What law or command did the British make to the Tea Act?
The Tea Act of 1773 gave British tea companies a hegemony over all the American tea trade. The Tea Act was created to provide protection for the British East India Tea Company, which was struggling against competition, as well as a way to tax the colonists.
What act was passed to punish colonists for rebelling against Stamp Act?
The Townshend Act was passed in 1767 after the Colonists rebelled against the Stamp Act. The Townshend Act was a tax on glass, paint, lead, tea and other things the Colonists needed.
The passage of the stamp act led directly to?
The passage of the stamp act led directly to the Boston Tea Party. This, in turn, led directly to the Revolutionary War.
How long after the passage of the stamp act did the colonists dump british tea into Boston harbor?
6 years
How did the colonistsresond to the Tea Act?
How did the colonists resond to the act
Tea Act led colonists to?
the boston tea party
What does the Tea Act cause?
The tea act(act that made tea have taxes) caused the Boston Tea Party(hundreds of colonists throw British tea into the ocean.)
Who was effected by the tea act?
The colonists of America
What was the colonists reaction to the tea act?
Boycotted it
Why did the colonists hold the Bonson tea party?
In protest of the Tea Act
Did the Tea Act state that colonists had to buy tea from China?
No, they boycotted British tea
What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
What act led the colonists boycott to a popular drink?
Tea Act
What did the colonists resent most about the tea act?
It gave Britain a tea monopoly
When colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act?
Boston tea party
