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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.
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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.
In what year did the Boston colonists boycott the British Tea Act?
1775, right after the tea tax
What law or command did the British make to the Tea Act?
The Tea Act of 1773 gave British tea companies a hegemony over all the American tea trade. The Tea Act was created to provide protection for the British East India Tea Company, which was struggling against competition, as well as a way to tax the colonists.
What act was passed to punish colonists for rebelling against Stamp Act?
The Townshend Act was passed in 1767 after the Colonists rebelled against the Stamp Act. The Townshend Act was a tax on glass, paint, lead, tea and other things the Colonists needed.
What are four acts of parliament and their effects on the colonists?
Stamp Act - Tax on stamps, documents, and paper. Tea Act - Sold the tea directly to colonists to prevent smuggling. Townshend Act - Tax on tea, household goods, and hardware items. Sugar Act - First act ; tax on sugar and mollasses.
Why did the sons of liberty destroy the tea party?
They destroyed the tea in protest of the Tea Act. This act required the colonists to exclusively purchase tea from the British West Indies Company. This angered the colonists because they could not purchase tea from other countries for better quality or price.
Who Was Angered By The Quartering Act?
Colonists
Why did the people of Boston hold a tea party?
It was not actually a "tea party". They dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act which required the colonists to exclusively purchase tea from the British West Indies Company. This angered the colonists because they could not purchase tea elsewhere for better prices or quality.
Why were the colonists so angered when Britain levied new taxes such as the stamp act and tea act without consulting them first?
The colonists were angry because they thought they should have some say in how high or low their taxes are. (Wouldn't you be, too?)
What did Tea Act say?
" No Taxation without Representation." In 1773, Britain passed the Tea Act. This law gave British company the right to control all trade in tea. The colonist still have to pay tax. This angered colonial merchants and other colonists.
Why were the colonists angered by the quartering act?
They were angered by the Quarter Act because it required them to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense.
What angered the colinists from the thirteen colonies?
Taxes, stamp act,tea act
What did the stamp act different from other legislation that parliament enacted?
The Stamp Act was put into place without any kind of representation from the colonies. This angered the colonists, and led to the Boston Tea Party.
Why did the sugar act angered the colonists?
This was also about taxes. It angered colonists because they did not feel they should have to pay high taxes simply to use sugar.
How would you feel about the stamp act if you were a colonist at this time?
The colonists were angered by it.
What angered the colonists?
Which act is the question referring to? Assuming the question is referring to acts enacted by the British Parliament, concerning the American colonists in the "Thirteen Colonies" of British North America, colonists were often angered most by those acts which impeded their financial or physical freedoms. The two which tended to draw the most ire were those acts which raised taxation (such as the Stamp Act and Sugar Act), and those which limited the ability of colonists to obtain land and expand (such as the infamous Proclamation of 1763.)
How did the colonistsresond to the Tea Act?
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