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Colonial merchants immediately called for a new boycott of British goods.
"No taxation without representation
Hoping to help the British East Indian company out of it's financial problems, Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773.
Tea act because they sold their extra tea to the colonies without having to pay taxes witch made them cheaper over all, making merchants not being able to match their price.
What did the Tea Act of 1773 do
tea merchants
Colonial tea merchants had more reason to resist the tea act. The new law allowed the East Indian company to sell tea directly to the colonial shopkeepers at lower prices than the merchants, without being taxed, and the merchants lost a lot of money.
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The Tea Act.
" No Taxation without Representation." In 1773, Britain passed the Tea Act. This law gave British company the right to control all trade in tea. The colonist still have to pay tax. This angered colonial merchants and other colonists.
Colonial merchants immediately called for a new boycott of British goods.
3 pence per pound. It was considerably lower than the previous tax, but tricked the colonial merchants out of their money.
The Tea Act.
Vowed not to import British goods.
" No Taxation without Representation." In 1773, Britain passed the Tea Act. This law gave British company the right to control all trade in tea. The colonist still have to pay tax. This angered colonial merchants and other colonists.
i think that they are the same as the colonial laws which include stamp act sugar CT, AND ETS.
colonial merchants often traded in smuggled goods, reacted with anger.