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because the british kept taxing the tea! so the colonists decided too protest, and dump the tea into Boston Harbor

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Who was in the Boston Tea Party?

It was the Colonist V.S. the British Soldiers. It was the Colonist V.S. the British Soldiers.


When did the colonists dumped the tea?

The colonist dumped tea because the British were taxing them


What is liberty tea why does the drink have this name?

Liberty tea is the tea that the colonist's drank when they boycotted British tea. It usually contains raspberry leaves and generally many other herbs and a little bit of sugar.


How did the American colinist resist and reject the British controls?

The American colonist resisted and rejected the British control by one the American colonist had a boycott on the British tea.that made an impact on the brritish because that was the most bought product in british. Two the American colonist had something called the Boston tea party a dumped all the tea that was imported in the sea. And the American colonist stopped drinking tea and started drinking cofee.


Why did the colonist refuse to buy tea?

they didn't buy British tea because of the high taxes. the colonists thought if they didn't buy British tea, the British would lower the taxes.


Why was tea so important to the colonist?

Most colonists were of British desent, tea to the British is like beer to the Germans and vodka to the Russians. Tea was just a huge part of British culture.


How did British respond to colonist throwing tea in the harbor?

They got pissed.


Why was the British colonist boycott against the tea act?

because many colonist thought that the east India company (British tea company) would put them out of business


What did colonist do to protest british rules?

The colonist had a Tea Party.they marched downto the docks in southie,Boston and through barrels of tea into the ocean to protest the extreme upward spike of the tarriff or tax on tea.


What was the British law that directly taxed the colonist?

tea act *no, its the Sugar Act*


Why did the colonists destroy the British tea?

because the british kept taxing the tea! so the colonists decided too protest, and dump the tea into Boston Harbor


What did colonist do to let british know they were against new taxes?

The Boston Tea Party.