How did the colonies react to the tea act?

Answer 1

Through the Tea

Answer 2

The colonists just started with boycotts, but they became fed up with the outrageous taxes and then "On Thursday, December 16, 1773, the evening before the tea was due to be landed, on a signal given by Samuel Adams, the Sons of Liberty thinly disguised as Mohawk Indians, left the massive protest meeting and headed toward Griffin's Wharf, where lay HMS Dartmouth and her newly arrived, tea bearing, sister ships HMS Beaver and HMS Eleanour. Swiftly and efficiently casks of tea were brought up from the hold to the deck, reasonable proof that some of the "Indians" were, in fact, longshoremen. The casks were opened and the tea dumped overboard; the work, lasting well into the night, was quick, thorough, and efficient. By dawn 90,000 lbs (45 tons) of tea worth an estimated £10,000 had been consigned to waters of Boston harbor.[1] Nothing else had been damaged or stolen, except a single padlock accidentally broken and anonymously replaced not long thereafter. Tea washed up on the shores around Boston for weeks."

Answer 3

They decided to eliminate the tea that had been shipped and would be subject to the duties. Several groups of men dressed as Indians boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and tossed all the tea into the water. This was the famous "Boston Tea Party".