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The English came over to the USA and founded the land. The English from Boston founded Boston . The English liked their tea and wanted more. But the tea was from India. The Indian tea importers out taxes on the tea because it was further to travel. The Bostons didn't like it. And threw All the tea into the Boston Harbour.
Sorry i am not very good at explaining . Its because i am only in P7. I am learning about it in school!!!
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What were the goals of the stamp act and what did it accomplish?
It was supposed to increase the tax revenue of the British Government by levying a tax on the tea shipped to the American Colonists. We all know how that turned out, don't we?
Why was the sons of liberty established?
The Sons of Liberty was established when the British wanted to put a tax on tea. The colonists reacted to this by creating The Sons of Liberty which Sam Adams was the leader He and other colonists made a plan to dump all tea into the Boston harbor. The reason for the dumping of the tea in the harbor is because the British was putting a tax on tea and you can't have "taxation without representation". The British had no representatives to the reason why they were putting a tax on the tea. Although we know why.
Why did the colonists oppose the intolerable act?
The Intolerable Acts made the American colonists so angry because of the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and taxes. The British would make their own materials with stamps that on it that approves that it is from the British(they could only buy items from the British). Then the Tea Act in1773. The law allowed British merchants to sell tea in the colonies for less money than anyone else. Many colonists saw this as an attempt by the British government to force other tea merchants out of busness. Once the other tea sellers were shut down, the British would raise the prices on their own tea. To the colonists, this was unacceptable. The British government put tax on everything!
Why did American colonists want independence for the British?
The British were taxing the colonists for tea and other necessities unfairly. They also would not let the colonists be represented in Britain.
What British Parliamentary Act did not raise taxes for American Colonists?
tea act
Were tax on tea reasonable?
the british put tax on tea cause the colonists were being violent
Why did the British place taxes on the colonists?
Under pressure from American colonists and British merchants, the British did lower taxes levied on other tea importers, the tax-free status of the British East.
What was the most unfair tax the British levied on the colonists?
It was taxex for tea
What law that allowed only one company to sell tea tea to the colonists?
the tea act allowed the east India trading co (a british company) to have a tax break on selling tea but no tax break for the american merchants selling tea
What event did the Colonists take part in when they protested the British tax on tea?
The Boston Tea Party
How did Boston colonists protests the new british tax on tea?
The colonists dressed up as Indians and threw british tea into the Boston Harbor and that act is now known as the Boston Tea Party
In what year did the Boston colonists boycott the British Tea Act?
1775, right after the tea tax
What were the goals of the stamp act and what did it accomplish?
It was supposed to increase the tax revenue of the British Government by levying a tax on the tea shipped to the American Colonists. We all know how that turned out, don't we?
What law or command did the British make to the Tea Act?
The Tea Act of 1773 gave British tea companies a hegemony over all the American tea trade. The Tea Act was created to provide protection for the British East India Tea Company, which was struggling against competition, as well as a way to tax the colonists.
How did colonists show their oppsition to British control of the frontier and the imposition of new taxes?
The Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution, along with tar and feathering of British tax collectors
The three cent tax on a pound of tea a symbol of British tyrany?
The colonists did see the tax on tea as a symbol of British tyranny because they had no say in whether taxes should be implemented or not. Taxation without representation was one of the significant issues that led to the American Revolution.
Why was the sons of liberty established?
The Sons of Liberty was established when the British wanted to put a tax on tea. The colonists reacted to this by creating The Sons of Liberty which Sam Adams was the leader He and other colonists made a plan to dump all tea into the Boston harbor. The reason for the dumping of the tea in the harbor is because the British was putting a tax on tea and you can't have "taxation without representation". The British had no representatives to the reason why they were putting a tax on the tea. Although we know why.
