Actually, the " colonist" didn't think that. It was a small group of men who were protecting their own economic interest. The British had LOWERED the tax on tea and this made the price of the tea smuggled into the colonies higher than the British. The smugglers were upset and two of the biggest smugglers in the colonies were Hamilton and Hancock. Hancock was very wealthy and he funded/supported the Son's of Liberty. Without him there would have been no Sam Adams nor the Son's of Liberty, but the whole purpose was to protect his economic interests. The people in the colonies paid LESS taxes than people in England paid.
the tea act angered many people because of the unfair laws and also because people think it would encourage lawlessness in the colonies. even those who condemned the Boston tea party, though, were shocked at Britain's harsh response to it.
Colonists threw tea crates into Boston Harbor during the Tea Act of 1773 as a protest against what they viewed as unfair taxation and the monopoly granted to the British East India Company. They believed that the act violated their rights as Englishmen since they were being taxed without representation in Parliament. This act of defiance, known as the Boston Tea Party, galvanized colonial resistance and escalated tensions between Britain and the American colonies, ultimately contributing to the American Revolution.
to be free from taxesand to make the king mad and angry.
they throw tea to the harbor
the stamp act was to tax on any paper items from the postal services such as stamps and the tea act was the tax on tea so people would have to pay for the tea
It wasn't't about anyone, it was about unfair taxing
The American colonists hated the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and the Tea Act because they did not want raised taxes. They believed it to be unfair and unnecessary.
the tea act angered many people because of the unfair laws and also because people think it would encourage lawlessness in the colonies. even those who condemned the Boston tea party, though, were shocked at Britain's harsh response to it.
they secretly boarded ships then dumping the tea overboard
The Boston Port Act was an effort on the part of the British to collect money from the colonists to pay for the tea that had been destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. The colonists felt it was unfair to make everyone pay for something that most of them didn't participate in.
Colonists threw tea crates into Boston Harbor during the Tea Act of 1773 as a protest against what they viewed as unfair taxation and the monopoly granted to the British East India Company. They believed that the act violated their rights as Englishmen since they were being taxed without representation in Parliament. This act of defiance, known as the Boston Tea Party, galvanized colonial resistance and escalated tensions between Britain and the American colonies, ultimately contributing to the American Revolution.
The Boston Port Act was an effort on the part of the British to collect money from the colonists to pay for the tea that had been destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. The colonists felt it was unfair to make everyone pay for something that most of them didn't participate in.
The tea act was a tax on all tea in the colonies. It was made to help pay for the French and Indian war.
to be free from taxesand to make the king mad and angry.
The tea act(act that made tea have taxes) caused the Boston Tea Party(hundreds of colonists throw British tea into the ocean.)
they throw tea to the harbor
The tea act