The First Continental Congress was actually called in response to the BritishÕs punishment of Boston for the Boston Tea Party, which was a reaction against the tea tax. The Congress considered an economic boycott of British trade as well as a petition to George III to redress the CongressÕs rights and grievances. If this petition was unsuccessful, there would be another Continental Congress to address what to do next.
It showed that the colonists strongly protested the tea tax.
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
there are plenty. if you are looking for something from way back, there was the tea act and it put taxes on tea and the colonists from Boston boarded british ships and dumped the tea into the ocean, otherwise known as the Boston tea party.
Parliament believed the colonists would accept the Tea Act of 1773 because it lowered the price of tea for the colonists, making it more affordable than smuggled tea. Additionally, Parliament thought the colonists would be willing to pay the tax on tea to support British authority.
Yes it was. It told England that the colonists won't take the tea if they are going to tax them.
The respond by throwing it back to them.
the british put tax on tea cause the colonists were being violent
Because the colonists objected to the monopoly on tea and the import duty. Because the colonists did not like Britain put a tax on tea.
The Boston Tea Party.
The Boston tea party.
It showed that the colonists strongly protested the tea tax.
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
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there are plenty. if you are looking for something from way back, there was the tea act and it put taxes on tea and the colonists from Boston boarded british ships and dumped the tea into the ocean, otherwise known as the Boston tea party.
Because the colonists objected to the monopoly on tea and the import duty. Because the colonists did not like Britain put a tax on tea.
It required the colonists pay tax on tea and that did not go over well with them.
The Boston Tea Party