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The tea act was a tax on all tea in the colonies. It was made to help pay for the French and Indian war.

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Did the Tea Act get passed before the civil war?

the tea act did not get passed during the civil war


Was the Boston massacre before or after the Tea Act?

Before. It was 1770 and the tea party was 1773.


Did the Tea Act happen before the Boston Tea Party?

Yes. When the British removed all taxes, except on tea, the colonists showed their appreciation by organizing the "Boston Tea Party".


The Boston Tea Party was in response to what act?

The tea act


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.)


Why was the tea act written?

the tea act was written because of history


What do the Tea Act and the stamp act have in common?

the stamp act was to tax on any paper items from the postal services such as stamps and the tea act was the tax on tea so people would have to pay for the tea


Was the stamp act before or after the Boston Tea Party?

It helped, but it did not start it. It was started when the British kept raising taxes and stripping colonists of their rights.


Which act gave the East India company an advantages over colonial merchants?

The Tea Act.


What is one argument of against of the tea act?

The tea act was the act of the American colonists rebelling against the British for taxation without representation on tea, it was also an act of freedom from Britain.


How did colonists protest the stamp act and the tea act?

they had the Boston tea party (where they dumped the tea into the Boston harbor)


Why was that Parliament passed the Tea Act not one of the ways that british punished Massachuetts after the Boston Tea Party?

The Tea Act was passed in 1773, before the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the tea act, as tea smugglers and merchants were afraid cheap tea would put them out of business. Since it was the reason for the Boston Tea Party, it could not be a punishment for Massachusetts.

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