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Because they were charging high tax on this item and therefore they choose tea to protest.

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A way to protest against the Tea Act?

Boston tea party


What plant was used for tea after the Boston Tea Party protests?

They still drank tea. It was a protest they did by throwing the tea overboard not a boycott. Soon after the Boston Tea Party, a shortage of imported tea forced the colonists to substitute bee balm as a tea during the shortage.


Which action was a protest by the son of Liberty against the Tea Act?

The boston tea party


Adams and Revere led this protest against the tax on tea?

It was called the Boston Tea Party.


What did they Boston Tea Party have with the Boston Tea Party?

Nothing. It was a protest.


The protest against the Tea Act organized by the sons of liberty became known as the?

Boston Tea Party


What protest resulted in the Intolerable Acts?

The protest that resulted in the passing of the Intolerable Acts of 1774 was the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the high taxes on imported tea.


What event was a colonial protest of the tax on tea?

Boston Tea Party


How did the colonists protest or show that they were against the new taxes?

They made up the Boston Tea Party and threw tea into the river.


Who war responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

The colonists were responsible for the Boston tea party.


What was specific act of protest?

Boston Tea Party


How did colonist protest taxes?

The Boston Tea Party.