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The Parliament kept the tax on tea as a symbol of its authority over America. For a brief period both sides seemed to back away from active confrontation. But unrest and discontent in the colonies continued to simmer.
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∙ 9y agoAfter the Parliament repealed all Townshend duties except the tax on tea, the colonists seemed to ignore assertion of the right to tax the colonies.
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What british tax remaind after the townshend acts were repealed?
After the Townshed Acts were repealed, a British tea tax remained. The objective of the tea tax was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
What did the British taxed the thirteen colonies?
i dont really know, but here are some of the things: paper, lead, paint, tea, and paper -Edit by Wesalicious- Look up: Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts.
British ships sat in Boston harbor for 20 days waiting for what to happen?
tax on the tea to be paid
Why did the colonists refuse to buy British tea?
They felt that they were paying taxes and had no say in it. The saying: "no taxation without representation" came from the insistence of the British to tax the colonists. They threw the tea in a Boston Harbor instead.
Why did the US colonists oppose the Tea Act?
He wasnt the only one. All 13 colonies hated the Tea Act. The british put a tax on tea and the colonies weren't represented in the british parliment. Taxation without representation. It wasnt fair so all the colonies boycotted british goods. Samuel Adams just encouraged them.
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.
What british tax remaind after the townshend acts were repealed?
After the Townshed Acts were repealed, a British tea tax remained. The objective of the tea tax was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
Were tax on tea reasonable?
the british put tax on tea cause the colonists were being violent
Why was the Boston Tea Party Made?
To protest the british tax on tea.
Why the Boston Tea Party started?
The British imposed a tax on tea.
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.
The event that results from the tax on tea imposed by the British was known as the?
Boston Tea Party.
The event that resulted from the tax on tea imposed by the British was known as the?
Boston Tea Party.
What all caused them to dump the tea in the harbor?
The British began to change the taxes on tea. They were LOWERING the tax ( not increasing it) and the smugglers of Dutch tea into the colonies got upset because it would mean they would have a higher tea price than the British. So, the tea party was arranged to protest the tax. Some where along the line the tax story became one of the British making the tax higher without the consent of the colonies, but that is not true.
What event did the Colonists take part in when they protested the British tax on tea?
The Boston Tea Party
In what year did the Boston colonists boycott the British Tea Act?
1775, right after the tea tax
What was the most unfair tax the British levied on the colonists?
It was taxex for tea
