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Q: Why did the colonists boycott paper and tea?
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What act led the colonists boycott to a popular drink?

Tea Act


How did Boston colonists show their opposition to the Tea Acts?

The colonial boycott of tea seriously hurt the company!


In what year did the Boston colonists boycott the British Tea Act?

1775, right after the tea tax


Why did the daughters of liberty boycott the tea?

The Daughters of Liberty boycotted because the British government was taxing the colonists on tea but not the citizens in Britian.


What actinos did the colonists take when Parliament passed more laws for them?

the actions the colonist decided to boycott tea.


What was the results of the Townshend Acts?

Colonists begin to boycott.


What boycott urged colonists not to buy or import British goods?

The tea party I think. The colonists dressed up as indians and dumped all the overpriced tea overboard trying to prove a point in which the prices were to high.


How did some colonial leaders protest the Townshend Acts?

Colonists in Boston decided to protest the townshend acts. They called for a boycott of British goods. Samuel Adams led the boycott.


How did the colonists undermine british restrictions on trade?

The colonists avoided the laws regarding trade by smuggling goods on foreign ships.


How did the colonists protest English taxes?

The colonists protest English taxed paper,glasss,tea ,and suger.


What plant was used for tea after the Boston Tea Party protests?

They still drank tea. It was a protest they did by throwing the tea overboard not a boycott. Soon after the Boston Tea Party, a shortage of imported tea forced the colonists to substitute bee balm as a tea during the shortage.


Why did several colonist dump tea into boston harbor?

Many colonists protested the Tea Act. On December 16, 1773 a group of colonists in Boston dressed as Native Americans. They boarded three Tea ships. They dumped 342 chests of Tea into the Boston Harbor. Several colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to Boycott or Protest the Tea act.