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The colonists did not have good water available because it was usually contaminated. Tea was important because the colonists would heat the water up and tea acted as flavoring.
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In the trade network American colonists depended on England for?
England required that American colonists sell their cotton, tobacco, and other crops to them and the colonists were required to buy tea, sugar, fabric, and other goods from them, even if the Dutch offered the same goods for better prices.
Why was the Declaration of Independence important to the colonists?
It was the document saying they want freedom from England
What methods did the colonists use in their struggle with British authorities and how did the British try to counteract them?
The British tried to tax the colonists for all goods and services, and the colonists finally refused to pay and dumped all the English tea in the Boston Harbor, which came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. Next came the Revolutionary War, which the colonists won and signed the Declaration of Independence and won their independence from England.
The colonists fury over taxation cliimaxed how?
Boston Tea Party
What instruments did the New England colonists use?
New England colonists used many of the instruments that we use today. For example, handmade flutes, drums, and guitars were commonly used by New England colonists.
Why was tea so important to the American colonists?
It was important so that the colonies could export the tea back to England, in return for materials they needed but could not get in America.
Why did the tea party go on?
England was taxing the colonists so the colonists invaded one of England's ships and dumped all of their tea into the bay.
Why was tea important to the colonists in the 1700s?
Tea was a very important to the colonists because they were English, and tea had been the principal beverage of the English for many years, much like coffee is to Americans today.
What does Tea Act means?
Colonists could only buy tea from England, and when they did, they had to pay and extra tax on it.
Facts on the Tea Act?
The Tea Act pretty much taxed all tea that came from England because England had set that act. So colonists had to pay tax on whatever tea they bought because it was all from England.
Was there a king in the Boston tea party?
No, what are you talking about? The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion of the colonists against England and their taxes.
Was the Boston tea party really effective?
Yes it was. It told England that the colonists won't take the tea if they are going to tax them.
What did England do that upset the colonists?
The colonists destroyed all of the tea (the Boston tea party), Making the British mad because not only were they in debt already but now they were millions of dollars in debt because of the colonists.
Why did Britain keep the tea tax?
Because it brought in money, even though most of the colonists didn't buy tea from England anymore.
Why did the colonies want their independence from britain?
The reason was that England was over-taxing the colonists for their purchases of paint, tea, and other needs in order to pay for their (England's) war with a different country. The colonists tried smuggling in tea and other goods from elsewhere, but were caught at it by the British, who then blockaded at least the northern colonies to force taxed purchases from England. That was pretty much the final straw for the colonists, and they declared independance from England.
How did the colonists protest the tea act?
U.S. Colonists protested the Tea Act, which was imposed on them by England. It created a monopoly that allowed only the East India Trading Company to trade tea with the colonists. This allowed the company the ability to charge whatever they pleased for the tea. The colonists protested the Tea Act through the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest in which Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native American warriors and boarded three British cargo ships, dumping all of their tea into the harbor.
How did the colonists undermine british restrictions on trade?
The colonists avoided the laws regarding trade by smuggling goods on foreign ships.
