it was in 1773
The tea act was a tax on all tea in the colonies. It was made to help pay for the French and Indian war.
To punish Bostontonians (people from Boston) for the Boston Tea Party during the pre-revolutionary period
Parliament believed it was necessary to pass the Tea Act in 1773 to help the struggling British East India Company, which was facing financial difficulties due to surplus tea stocks. The act aimed to reduce tea prices in the American colonies by allowing the company to sell directly to consumers, bypassing colonial merchants. Additionally, it was seen as a way to assert Britain's right to tax the colonies, reinforcing the idea of British authority. However, this move ultimately fueled colonial resentment and contributed to the growing desire for independence.
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.
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5/1773 for the tea, but they were 2 different acts.
Townshend Act
the Boston Tea Party
Following the Boston tea party the intolerable act pass a year later
the intolerable act
Boston was supposed to be punished, for dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston was supposed to be punished, for dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
On this day in 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade.
British wanted to punish Boston because of Boston Tea Party.
American school uh. it was after
British wanted to punish Boston because of Boston Tea Party.