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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.
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
How did The Intolerable Acts affect the relations between the colonists and Britain?
they were the acts that made the colonists start the Boston tea party... they housed british soldiers in to colonists houses
Which contributed the outbreak of the Revolutionary War?
The battlecry was "Taxation without representation". The British government imposed taxes upon the colonists; but the colonists had no say in what was taxed and by how much.
Why did the colonist destroy the British tea?
because the british kept taxing the tea! so the colonists decided too protest, and dump the tea into Boston Harbor
Why did the sons of liberty destroy the tea party?
They destroyed the tea in protest of the Tea Act. This act required the colonists to exclusively purchase tea from the British West Indies Company. This angered the colonists because they could not purchase tea from other countries for better quality or price.
Did the Tea Act state that colonists had to buy tea from China?
No, they boycotted British tea
What was the British response to the colonists' actions of the tea act?
the british made them pay for all the destroyed tea
How did Boston colonists protests the new british tax on tea?
The colonists dressed up as Indians and threw british tea into the Boston Harbor and that act is now known as the Boston Tea Party
Why did the colonists held the Boston Tea Party?
To protest British taxation of tea.
When did the colonists dumped the tea?
The colonist dumped tea because the British were taxing them
What message did the Boston Tea Party send the British?
The colonists were outraged when the British taxed the colonists (after the French Indian War) crazy amounts. The British had a large tax on the colonists favorite drink, tea. So the colonists dumped a ton of tea off a British ship in Boston Harbor to make the point that they did not want to be taxed so heavily.
What was the reason the British imposed the Tea Act on the Colonists?
The reason the British imposed the Tea Act on the Colonists was due to debt. Britain had taken on much debt to help the colonists and they were trying to recover some of the funds.
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.
Why did American colonists want independence for the British?
The British were taxing the colonists for tea and other necessities unfairly. They also would not let the colonists be represented in Britain.
Did the British soldiers find the colonists throwing the tea over on the night of the Boston tea party?
No, The soldiers were unaware of the colonists committing this act.
