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In protest of the Tea Act
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Why did the colonists hold the Boston Tea party?
it was to pay for their taxes of tea so they threw it over a boat
Why did the people of Boston hold a tea party?
It was not actually a "tea party". They dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act which required the colonists to exclusively purchase tea from the British West Indies Company. This angered the colonists because they could not purchase tea elsewhere for better prices or quality.
Tea Act led colonists to?
the boston tea party
How did colonists defy britains attempts at regulation and taxation?
Boston tea party
Did the colonists get taxed after the Boston Tea Party?
After the boston tea party the king taxed all the tea in the colonies.
The colonists fury over taxation cliimaxed how?
Boston Tea Party
Who name the Boston Tea Party?
the colonists
What were the colonists rebelling against in the Boston tea party?
They did not buy tea.
What kind of tea did the colonists drink after the Boston Tea Party?
They drank GREEN tea
Was the Boston tea party a war?
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.
Who threw out the tea at the tea party?
During the Boston tea party, the American colonists invaded British tea ships and threw all their tea overboard.
Who was responsible for the tea being dumped at the boston tea party?
the US colonists
