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While the Tea Act passed by Parliament in May, 1773 was one of the major events leading to war with Great Britain, it was not designed to tax the colonies but to bail out the East India Tea Company, a private commercial trading company that was involved in trade with Asia. The company carried out many governmental and military functions in Asia for the Crown. As a reward, it was granted a monopoly of the trade in India. In 1773 the company was on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of mismanagement. It also had 17 million pounds of tea in London warehouses with no prospect of selling the tea. The British government agreed to allow the company exclusive right to sell the tea in the American colonies. The tea would be cheaper than the Dutch tea the Americans had been smuggling in since the Townshend Acts. Prime Minister North did away with all taxes on the tea except the Townshend levy, which was very small. Sam Adams and the Americans who wanted to uphold the principle, "no taxation without representation," knew that the tea would be purchased by colonial consumers if it were permitted to enter the harbors, be unloaded, and distributed to the stores. If colonists bought the tea, the argument about taxation and representation might begin to weaken. The result was the famous Boston Tea Party. or this answer To bail out the East India Company
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∙ 9y ago" No Taxation without Representation."
In 1773, Britain passed the Tea Act. This law gave British company the right to control all trade in tea. The colonist still have to pay tax. This angered colonial merchants and other colonists.
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∙ 14y agoIt put a tax on tea and made th price higher but was also a lower from the molasses act which had just beeen cancled.
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∙ 7y agoIt saved the East India Company, this measure gave the company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes placed on tea.
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∙ 9y agoThe American Tea Act of 1773 granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American Colonies. The Act is what ignited the Boston Tea Party.
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∙ 13y agoBecause they felt that the king had no right to tax the tea, that along with other taxes like the stamp act pushed the colonists over the edge.
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∙ 8y agoTo bail out the East India Company
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∙ 14y agoIt lowered the price of tea.
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Colonists reacted to the passage of the Tea Act by?
The colonists protested the passage of the Tea Act. One infamous event was the Boston Tea Party, in which protesters destroyed a shipment of tea.
Why were colonists angered by the Tea Act?
Although the British East India Company had reduced the price on their tea (due to the Tea Act), this was just a way to hide the taxes of the Townshend Acts from the colonists. Aware of these taxes, the colonists refused to purchase ths tea, refusing to accept that the British had the right to tax them. They protested during the Boston Tea Party, where they dumped the tea into the Boston harbor.
In what year did the Boston colonists boycott the British Tea Act?
1775, right after the tea tax
What law or command did the British make to the Tea Act?
The Tea Act of 1773 gave British tea companies a hegemony over all the American tea trade. The Tea Act was created to provide protection for the British East India Tea Company, which was struggling against competition, as well as a way to tax the colonists.
What act was passed to punish colonists for rebelling against Stamp Act?
The Townshend Act was passed in 1767 after the Colonists rebelled against the Stamp Act. The Townshend Act was a tax on glass, paint, lead, tea and other things the Colonists needed.
Colonists reacted to the passage of the Tea Act by?
The colonists protested the passage of the Tea Act. One infamous event was the Boston Tea Party, in which protesters destroyed a shipment of tea.
How did the colonistsresond to the Tea Act?
How did the colonists resond to the act
Tea Act led colonists to?
the boston tea party
What does the Tea Act cause?
The tea act(act that made tea have taxes) caused the Boston Tea Party(hundreds of colonists throw British tea into the ocean.)
Who was effected by the tea act?
The colonists of America
What was the colonists reaction to the tea act?
Boycotted it
Why did the colonists hold the Bonson tea party?
In protest of the Tea Act
Did the Tea Act state that colonists had to buy tea from China?
No, they boycotted British tea
What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
What act led the colonists boycott to a popular drink?
Tea Act
What did the colonists resent most about the tea act?
It gave Britain a tea monopoly
When colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act?
Boston tea party
