No, they boycotted British tea
The colonists of America
Boycotted it
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
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.
The Boston Tea Party and the colonists boycotted tea and angry mobs broke out resisting the act.
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.
How did the colonists resond to the act
the boston tea party
The tea act(act that made tea have taxes) caused the Boston Tea Party(hundreds of colonists throw British tea into the ocean.)
The colonists of America
Boycotted it
In protest of the Tea Act
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
Tea Act
It gave Britain a tea monopoly
Boston tea party
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.