To protest British taxation of tea.
Boston tea party
The colonists held the Boston Tea Party because of the Tea Act, which stated that only the East India Company could sell tea in the colonies, and this was taxed three pence per pound.
Boston Tea Party
After the boston tea party the king taxed all the tea in the colonies.
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the colonists
No, what are you talking about? The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion of the colonists against England and their taxes.
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was actually not a war. Here is what it was, and what happened. The Tea Act passed. The colonists did not want to pay taxes. So, here is where the Boston Tea Party kicks in, one year after the Tea Act. Here is what you've been waiting for! The Boston Tea Party was an event that was three boats full of colonists. They cut open chests of tea and they dumped it in the Boston Harbor (harr-berr)! The colonists had to pay it off. So, the colonists named that law the Intolerable(in-toll-err-a-bowl) Act. So, the Boston Tea Party was not a war, but it was an event that the colonists responded to the Tea Act.