What was the chief goal of the Tea Act?

Answer 1

The purpose of the tea act was to let the company bypass tea merchants, or stores, and sell directly to colonists, so the colonists wouldn't have to pay the higher price. The main goal was to get colonists to pay tax, without thinking they were.

Heres an ex. If it took Britain $1 to make the tea, and the tea merchants or stores bought it for $4, they would make $3. Then if the tea merchants or stores sold it for $10, they would make $6. Now, if Britain sold directly to the colonists, and sold it to them for $7, then Britain would make more and the colonies would pay less.

Britain------------->Tea shop------------->Colonist
$1 $4 $10


The amount represents how much money they spent to get the tea.

Britain------------->Tea shop------------->Colonist
$1 $7

If they skip the tea merchants, Britain makes more and the colonies pay less. They wanted to get the colonies to pay tax.

Answer 2

because the British thought they could get away with taxing everything because the colonist could not do anything about it. so they taxed a beverage used daily by almost everybody in their time to make extra money for great Brittan.

Answer 3

1. LORD North the new prime minster to remit the british tax and allow sell directly in America through its oen agents. Saving would permit a sharp reduction of the retail price and at the same time yield a profit to the company.

Parliament's main goal in the Tea Act of 1773 was to

Answer

aid the British East India Tea Company.

Answer 4

The British after the french and the Indian war had to pay there troops in order to do so they had to raise taxes on common things as tea. which lead to the Tea Act in 1773.

Answer 5

One was to make the colonists to pay British for the French and Indian war.

Answer 6

The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists. It was passed by receiving the royal assent on 10 May, 1773.