What was the Boston Tea Party a reaction to?

Answer 1

The British government was extremely upset with the colonies, specifically Massachusetts. In response, Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, which:

• Closed the Boston Port until the debt for all the tea that was dumped was paid for.
• Reduced Massachusetts' right to self-government
• Allowed British troops to quarter in any town in Massachusetts

The colonists resented the British government further and more revolutionaries as a result from both events.

Answer 2

the Tea Act, which granted a monopoly to the East India Tea Company.

Answer 3

The tea act, which granted a monopoly to the East India Tea Company

Answer 4

The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to the Tea Act, which was taxing the colonists so Britain could pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War.