Merchants are more like dealers (importers) of tea. Shop keepers bought the tea from the merchants, and sold the tea on to the public.
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Tea act because they sold their extra tea to the colonies without having to pay taxes witch made them cheaper over all, making merchants not being able to match their price.
they sold wigs, hats, bonnets, candy, games, pencils, utencils, tea cups, plates, bowls, and fans. hope this helps! XP This is right but there is a lot more than this. -CD67
No please DO NOT give your hamster tea, iceberg lettuce, chocolate, none of that!!!!!! stick to the diet advice given to you by the pet shop that sold you the Hamster.
Colonial tea merchants had more reason to resist the tea act. The new law allowed the East Indian company to sell tea directly to the colonial shopkeepers at lower prices than the merchants, without being taxed, and the merchants lost a lot of money.
Rice, wheat, cooking oil, kerosene, dhals, tea, soap, salt and sugar
The following suggestion could be a great name for a tea shop; Tea shop, The Tea pot, Mini Tea spot, Do Re Tea, Bubble Tea, Zip Tea, Hot Tea, and Lucky Tea.
The purpose of the tea act was to let the company bypass tea merchants, or stores, and sell directly to colonists, so the colonists wouldn't have to pay the higher price. The main goal was to get colonists to pay tax, without thinking they were.Heres an ex. If it took Britain $1 to make the tea, and the tea merchants or stores bought it for $4, they would make $3. Then if the tea merchants or stores sold it for $10, they would make $6. Now, if Britain sold directly to the colonists, and sold it to them for $7, then Britain would make more and the colonies would pay less.Britain------------->Tea shop------------->Colonist$1 $4 $10The amount represents how much money they spent to get the tea.Britain------------->Tea shop------------->Colonist$1 $7If they skip the tea merchants, Britain makes more and the colonies pay less. They wanted to get the colonies to pay tax.
Prime Minister Earl Grey's tea merchants were specifically the tea brokers Richard Twining & Company. The company was responsible for blending the iconic Earl Grey tea that was named after the Prime Minister in the 1830s.
It allowed the British East India Company to ship tea to the colonies without having to pay the taxes that colonial tea merchants had to pay. That allowed the Company to sell tea very cheaply, but it also threatened to drive the colonial merchants out of business.
Garland is in the Grocers shop where the Garlic is sold, and below is the tea that he likes to drink. Garland ( Grocer Shop) Likes Tea No 3 3. Sugar Smoke: Contais: Oasis leaf, Citronia seed and Cinder horse smoky.
The Tea Act.