THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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The tax they had to pay on the tea was outrageous
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It allowed the British East India Company to take over full control of tea sales in the colonies
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It was another example of taxation without representation
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All of the above
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Both B and C
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Detailed explanation-1: -American colonists opposed the Tea Act for all the reasons expect, the high price of tea from the East India Company compared to other tea available in America. The East India tea, even with tax, cost less than any other tea available in America. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -American colonists were outraged over the tea tax. They believed the Tea Act was a tactic to gain colonial support for the tax already enforced. The direct sale of tea by agents of the British East India Company to the American colonies undercut the business of colonial merchants.
Detailed explanation-3: -It reinforced a tea tax in the American colonies. The act also allowed the British East India Company to have a monopoly on the tea trade there. This meant that the American colonists were not allowed to buy tea from any other source. The Tea Act led directly to a protest known as the Boston Tea Party.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 1773 Act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on British Tea, so it had control over all tea sold in the colonies. Even though the price of tea was lowered, the colonists were angry because they were forced to buy only British East India Company’s tea and no longer could buy any tea they wanted.