EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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So Britain could be the #1 seller of tea in the world
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To show the colonists that Parliament has the power and the right to tax them
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To encourage colonists to develop their own tea.
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To put the Spanish tea company out of business
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Detailed explanation-1: -Along with tea, the Townshend Revenue Act also taxed glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper. Due to boycotts and protests, the Townshend Revenue Act’s taxes were repealed on all commodities except tea in 1770. The tea tax was kept in order to maintain Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tea Act Imposed In May 1773, British Parliament passed the Tea Act which allowed British East India Company to sell tea to the colonies duty-free and much cheaper than other tea companies-but still tax the tea when it reached colonial ports.
Detailed explanation-3: -The act’s main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy. The British government granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tea Act. By reducing the tax on imported British tea, this act gave British merchants an unfair advantage in selling their tea in America. American colonists condemned the act, and many planned to boycott tea.
Detailed explanation-5: -A common complaint of American Colonists, they felt they were taxed from England without having any vote in Parliament.