THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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The colonists were unfairly taxed by the Tea Act.
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Tea importers had their businesses threatened by the Tea Act.
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Tea imported to the colonies became expensive because of the Teac Act.
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The British Government used money from the Tea Act to help the colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The act retained the duty on imported tea at its existing rate, but, since the company was no longer required to pay an additional tax in England, the Tea Act effectively lowered the price of the East India Company’s tea in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British Parliament passed the Tea Act in May 1773 to help the company. This gave the East India Company a tax break on their tea, which made it cheaper than tea that was being smuggled into the colonies from other places.
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.