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What is the tea act and when was it?
Originally it was a tax on tea and then the British lowered the tea tax. By doing that they made the cost of the Dutch smugglers tea higher in price. They wanted to stop the smuggling and wanted to keep the monopoly on tea and by bringing down the tax they achieved both things.
Is there a tax on tea?
In the US, there is NOOO tax on tea.
Why did Britain keep the tea tax?
Because it brought in money, even though most of the colonists didn't buy tea from England anymore.
Why was the colonial protest important?
tax on tea tax on tea
What year did the tea tax happen in?
The tea tax happened in 1773!!!
Why did the Parliament keep the tax on the tea act?
The British East Indian Company was in big trouble financially. All they had left worth anything was a lot of tea they wanted to unload in America. Americans could not buy tea except from Britain and British companies. So they forced the tea on American colonies. Tax was very miniscule but Britain wanted to show that the Colonies were still subject to the rule of Parliment. So the tax was placed on tea. Tea was cheap and tax neglible. However the principle of the tax made radical Colonists angry.
Why did Parliament decide keep the tax on tea?
They wanted to show that they still had the right to collect taxes in America and they needed money from the loss of money in the French and Indian War.In order to make a profit from the Colonies, although they knew the Colonists were opposed to External Taxes
Why did parliament decide to keep the tax tea?
They wanted to show that they still had the right to collect taxes in America and they needed money from the loss of money in the French and Indian War.In order to make a profit from the Colonies, although they knew the Colonists were opposed to External Taxes
Were tax on tea reasonable?
the british put tax on tea cause the colonists were being violent
Why did England decide to tax sugar and tea during the colonial era?
England taxed tea and sugar during colonial times to pay for the military protection of the colonies from possible attacks from Native Americans and their French Allies.
What was the only tax not repealed as part of the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts?
Taxes on Tea
Why did the americans hate the tea tax?
It was an expensive tax
