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They did. The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the lowering of the cost of the British tea by the government and the East India tea company who had gotten a bail out from the crown in 1773. The smugglers in the colonies found the Dutch tea that they sold was higher in price than the British tea, so they staged the Boston Tea Party and others in harbors in the colonies ( Hamilton was one of the largest smugglers in the colonies and a founding member of the Son's of Liberty). The cost of tea also went as far back as the Navigation Acts and the restricting of trade to and from the colonies passed from 1650-1733. Tea was also taxed in 1767 in the Townsend Acts.
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∙ 11y agoThe British passed the tea act so the British would buy their low priced tea instead of smuggling the tea from the Dutch. Instead of buying this very low priced tea, the British sent 50 patriots to dump tea into the sea. This was called the boston tea party which resulted in the intolerable acts. (a set of harsh laws) :)
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How did the Boston tea party speed up the declaration independence from Britain?
Intolerable act
What view of colonists' was expressed through the Boston tea party?
The colonist's view of maverick-like freedom was put to full capacity, as they protested the Tea act of 1776, and told Britain to BTFU.
What act intended to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party?
The Boston tea act was an act that people did because they got mad. They got on a ship and threw boxes and boxes of tea into the lake the boat was in.
What were the goals of the Boston Tea Party?
The goal was to protest against the tea act, in their efforts the colonists hoped that Brtitian would repeal it, but it only made the king more and more angry, and it led to more un-fair taxing
What was the Boston Tea Party a reaction to?
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-governmentAllowed British troops to quarter in any town in MassachusettsThe colonists resented the British government further and more revolutionaries as a result from both events.
Boston Tea Party facts?
Britain Passed the tea act, which put taxes on the tea. When Britain didn't repeal (withdraw the law/act) they dressed as indians, climbed on British tea ships, cracked and threw overboard 324 chest of tea in revolt to the tea act. hope I helped :D ~thisisnotaname
How did the colonists act to the tea act?
they had to listen and if they didnt then they would go to the jail
What happened to Britain and its people when there was no tea in Britain?
they didnt live in Britain any more they lived in briain get in no t in Britain
What did the colonist resent most about the Tea Act?
It gave Britain a tea monopoly
What did the colonists resent most about the tea act?
It gave Britain a tea monopoly
What is one argument of against of the tea act?
The tea act was the act of the American colonists rebelling against the British for taxation without representation on tea, it was also an act of freedom from Britain.
Why was the Boston Tea Party a revolution?
It was to show Britain that the colonists were through with the tea act!
What was the effect of Britain passing the Stamp Act?
Britain passed the stamp act because they needed more of this:$$$
Who sent a forceful message to Britain's communicating feelings towards the tea act?
The Boston Tea Party
What was the effect of Britain passes the stamp act?
The Boston tea party
What caused Britain to pass the intolerable act?
the Boston Tea Party
Did the Tea Act give outside control to America's tea trade?
The Tea Act of 1773 was completely contrived by the Parliament of Great Britain to aid the failing British East India Company. The Act allowed the Company to ship tea directly to the colonies with an exorbitant tax applied to the colonists, while paying no tax of its own Britain.
