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What made the colonists pay lower taxes on molasses?
The British lowered the sugar tax just like they lowered the tea tax.
Why were colonists angered by the Tea Act?
Although the British East India Company had reduced the price on their tea (due to the Tea Act), this was just a way to hide the taxes of the Townshend Acts from the colonists. Aware of these taxes, the colonists refused to purchase ths tea, refusing to accept that the British had the right to tax them. They protested during the Boston Tea Party, where they dumped the tea into the Boston harbor.
The Stamp Act forced the colonists to pay a tax on?
The Stamp Act taxed the colonists on all printed material (such as paper, stamps, etc.).
In what year did the Boston colonists boycott the British Tea Act?
1775, right after the tea tax
What did the Tea Act state?
Actually, nothing was taxed by the Tea Act. It permitted the East India Tea Company to ship tea directly from China to the Colonies. It was the Stamp Act that placed taxes on tea and other things.
What did the Tea Act require?
It required the colonists pay tax on tea and that did not go over well with them.
What does Tea Act means?
Colonists could only buy tea from England, and when they did, they had to pay and extra tax on it.
Who held the Boston tea party because Britain tried to make the colonists pay tax on tea?
patriots (most likely)
What made the colonists pay lower taxes on molasses?
The British lowered the sugar tax just like they lowered the tea tax.
What methods did the colonists use in their struggle with British authorities and how did the British try to counteract them?
The British tried to tax the colonists for all goods and services, and the colonists finally refused to pay and dumped all the English tea in the Boston Harbor, which came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. Next came the Revolutionary War, which the colonists won and signed the Declaration of Independence and won their independence from England.
What did the stamp act force the colonist to pay tax on?
During the Stamp act, the colonists had to pay for a special paper and during the Sugar act they had to pay for the sugar. But during the Townshend act, the colonists had to pay for tea, paint, silk, glass, ink, and lead. Eventually this act was repealed, all but the tea tax which led to the Boston Tea Party.
What was the Boston Tea Party 1773?
The Boston tea party was an act of colonists of Boston of which they did not want to be taxed on tea so they refused to take it out of the ships. But they couldn't send it back to England because their govenor wouldn't allow it, and said that it was to be held for 20 days, and if not unloaded by that time, would be sold at auction to pay for the tax. The whole point was so that the colonists wouldn't pay the tax though, so groups of men went and split up into 3 groups and destroyed all the tea on the ships, and then threw the tea into the Boston harbor.
What items did King George III make colonists pay taxes for?
They had to tax on glass, pots clothes,and tea. But the townsheld act witch is like a tax had to make the colonists tax on anything that came from Britin
Why were colonists angered by the Tea Act?
Although the British East India Company had reduced the price on their tea (due to the Tea Act), this was just a way to hide the taxes of the Townshend Acts from the colonists. Aware of these taxes, the colonists refused to purchase ths tea, refusing to accept that the British had the right to tax them. They protested during the Boston Tea Party, where they dumped the tea into the Boston harbor.
Which event caused Britain to pass The Intolerable Acts?
The colonists refused to pay anything, and stopped buying things.
Were tax on tea reasonable?
the british put tax on tea cause the colonists were being violent
Why did Parliament believe the colonists would accept the Tea Act of 1773?
Parliament believed the colonists would accept the Tea Act of 1773 because it lowered the price of tea for the colonists, making it more affordable than smuggled tea. Additionally, Parliament thought the colonists would be willing to pay the tax on tea to support British authority.
