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Through the Tea
Nikko Bernhard
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∙ 11y agoThe colonists just started with boycotts, but they became fed up with the outrageous taxes and then "On Thursday, December 16, 1773, the evening before the tea was due to be landed, on a signal given by Samuel Adams, the Sons of Liberty thinly disguised as Mohawk Indians, left the massive protest meeting and headed toward Griffin's Wharf, where lay HMS Dartmouth and her newly arrived, tea bearing, sister ships HMS Beaver and HMS Eleanour. Swiftly and efficiently casks of tea were brought up from the hold to the deck, reasonable proof that some of the "Indians" were, in fact, longshoremen. The casks were opened and the tea dumped overboard; the work, lasting well into the night, was quick, thorough, and efficient. By dawn 90,000 lbs (45 tons) of tea worth an estimated £10,000 had been consigned to waters of Boston harbor.[1] Nothing else had been damaged or stolen, except a single padlock accidentally broken and anonymously replaced not long thereafter. Tea washed up on the shores around Boston for weeks."
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∙ 7y agoThey decided to eliminate the tea that had been shipped and would be subject to the duties. Several groups of men dressed as Indians boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and tossed all the tea into the water. This was the famous "Boston Tea Party".
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Why wouldn't the colonies be okay with the tea act if the price of legal tea was comparable to smuggled tea?
the colonies would not be okay with the tea act in any case because they did not want taxation without representation
What angered the colinists from the thirteen colonies?
Taxes, stamp act,tea act
When did tea rationing end?
The Tea Act was a British legislation that granted a monopoly on tea to the East India Company in the American colonies. Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.
Why did the colonist boycott tea?
The English were taxing the colonies a high amount for their tea.
Which of these acts passed by the british did not taxes for the American colonies?
Tea act
Which company was the only legal source of tea in the colonies?
The East India Tea Company was the only legal source of tea in the colonies.
What year did The Act end?
The Tea Act was a British legislation that granted a monopoly on tea to the East India Company in the American colonies. Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.
What act is before the Tea Act?
The tea act was a tax on all tea in the colonies. It was made to help pay for the French and Indian war.
Why wouldn't the colonies be okay with the tea act if the price of legal tea was comparable to smuggled tea?
the colonies would not be okay with the tea act in any case because they did not want taxation without representation
What angered the colinists from the thirteen colonies?
Taxes, stamp act,tea act
What were laws that allowed only one company to sell tea to the colonies?
tea act
What was the effect of tea act?
The people of the colonies threw the tea in to the Boston Harbor. We have called this the Boston Tea Party.
When did tea rationing end?
The Tea Act was a British legislation that granted a monopoly on tea to the East India Company in the American colonies. Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.
Why did the colonist boycott tea?
The English were taxing the colonies a high amount for their tea.
Which of these acts passed by the british did not taxes for the American colonies?
Tea act
What country placed a tax called the Tea Act on the colonies?
England.
List three ways parliament tried to tax the colonies?
stamp act, quarter act, and tea act
