What two goals did britis hope to accomplish by passinnng the Tea Act?

Answer 1

The British Parliament passed the Townsend Acts in June 1767, representing four measures devised by Charles Townsend, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The acts had two purposes: reformation of customs policy in the colonies and the raising of revenue through excises. The acts failed to accomplish both goals and were repealed after three years. The longer term effects of the acts, however, included the strengthening of colonial resistance to British tax and trade policies, British misunderstanding of colonial complaints, and administrative divisions between the West Indies and the continental colonies.

Answer 2

the british still needed money from the war and they wanted the colonists to be punished for the Boston massacre

Answer 3

It placed a tax on something that was very much enjoyed but the people who were taxed had no representation in Parliament.