They wanted to show that it still had the right to collect taxes in America.
Lord North was the British Prime Minister who led parliament during the American Revolutionary war. He led Parliament in enacting the hated Stamp Tax, and later, the famous tax on tea.
Contrary to popular belief, the Tea Act, enacted by Parliament on May 10, 1773 was not a new tax on tea, but rather this act (the tea tax had already been in place and wasn't the final catalyst that propelled the colonists to war). The Tea Act is the straw that broke the colonists backs. This act was designed solely to profit the East India Company, who was stuck with over 18 million pounds of unsold tea! British agents flooded the colonial market with this cut rate tea, and in doing so, infuriated local merchants cut out of the loop and not receiving a cent of this money. Now, why was the tax on tea kept, prior to the tea act? Obviously a country getting basically "free money" from its colony would be foolish to repeal it. The British were making a boat-load of money from the colonies, repealing the tax would have probably cost King George his head!
they did not support it
The tea tax happened in 1773!!!
In june 1767 parliament passed the Townshend acts, which placed duties on impoerted glass, lead, paints ,paper, and tea
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
The colonists expected Great Britain to repeal the intolerable acts because the colonists said that they had no representatives in congress. Taxation without representation is unfair, they declared. The tea tax was the next tax put upon the colonists by the British....This, in turn, led to the Boston Tea Party.
The colonists expected Great Britain to repeal the intolerable acts because the colonists said that they had no representatives in congress. Taxation without representation is unfair, they declared. The tea tax was the next tax put upon the colonists by the British....This, in turn, led to the Boston Tea Party.
Colonists expected Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts because they said they had no representatives in congress.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
tea was the only tax
No. The king got mad and closed the port of Boston, sent in more troops and added more taxes.
In parliament they decided to repeal the old law.
Because a newer leader, named Lord North, saw that the British weren't gaining any money from the acts. so early in 1770, he convinced the Parliament to repeal all of the Townshend Acts, except for one, the tax on tea.
So he could smoke it and get hi
They raised the tax on tea for the colonies shipped in from India. What most people do not know is that the tax for tea shipped in from India was higher than the tax shipped to England even though England is closer than the Americas.