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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.
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Which group of people had more reason to resist the tea act of 1773 colonial tea merchants or colonial tea drinkers?
tea merchants
What act is before the Tea Act?
The tea act was a tax on all tea in the colonies. It was made to help pay for the French and Indian war.
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.
Which group benifited most from the poloices of president warren harding?
which group benifited from polcies of president cooldige
What date did the Tea Act Pass?
it was in 1773
Who benefited from laws like the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1968 and the Voting rights Act of 1975?
The people that benifited were people that were disables.
Who benefited from laws like the elementary and secondary education act of 1968 and voting rights act of 1975?
The people that benifited were people that were disables.
Who benefited from laws like the elementary and secondary education act of 1968 and voting rights of 1975?
The people that benifited were people that were disables.
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
How many people were in the Tea Act?
55
What act intended to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party?
The Boston tea act was an act that people did because they got mad. They got on a ship and threw boxes and boxes of tea into the lake the boat was in.
Which group of people had more reason to resist the tea act of 1773 colonial tea merchants or colonial tea drinkers?
tea merchants
What was the effect of tea act?
The people of the colonies threw the tea in to the Boston Harbor. We have called this the Boston Tea Party.
What did people do about the sugar act?
The most popular result of the Sugar Act is the Boston Tea Party.
What act is before the Tea Act?
The tea act was a tax on all tea in the colonies. It was made to help pay for the French and Indian war.
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.)
How did the Tea Act and the Intolerable act have an impact on the new world?
then tea act made colonial citizens mad and they trashed a ship full of tea and the British closed the port until the people would pay. this helped start the revolutionary war.
