USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a “powder keg” of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the catalyst of the Boston Tea Party.

Detailed explanation-3: -The American colonists felt the tea act was a trick to get them to pay more and have the British benefit. In one sentence, summarize the goal of the Second Continental Congress. The goal of the Second Continental Congress was to get the people in power to do something about the problems and taxes hurting the colonists.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was an act of protest in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to agitate against both a tax on tea (which had been an example of taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.