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The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the lowering of the cost of the British tea by the government and the East India tea company who had gotten a bail out from the crown in 1773. The smugglers in the colonies found the Dutch tea that they sold was higher in price than the British tea, so they staged the Boston Tea Party and others in harbors in the colonies ( Hamilton was one of the largest smugglers in the colonies and a founding member of the Son's of Liberty). The cost of tea also went as far back as the Navigation Acts and the restricting of trade to and from the colonies passed from 1650-1733. Tea was also taxed in 1767 in the Townsend Acts.
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∙ 12y agoyes until the tax come upon it. colonists refused to drink the tea so that the British did not get their way and money they had been expecting to earn. Soon the BOSTON TEA PARTY came and the colonists had done a great job of defeating the British and their soldiers. While this "tea party" had come, all of the colonists going to sea, dressed up as mohawk indians. Hope you learned something! ;)
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∙ 13y agoThe colonists ate many desserts such as apple dumplings, pudding, cookies, blueberry flummery, gingerbread and Holiday Wassail. Holiday Wassail is just a fancy drink. (they still drink it today in England!) The colonies' main source of food was vegies, fruit, fish, corn and meat. ( plus dessert!)
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∙ 11y agoYes, tea was popular, but so was coffee. By the mid 1700's coffee houses were all over London. A large amount of the tea in the colonies was Dutch brought in by smugglers. Hancock and Hamilton were two of the biggest smugglers in the colonies. Hancock created and supported the Son's of Liberty. When the British lowered the taxes on tea this hit the pocket books of the smugglers so the Boston Tea Party was arranged. This was a financial issue more than one of taxes. In reality the colonies paid less in taxes than they did in Britain.
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∙ 11y agoyes it was amazing to them
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3 How did the Boston Tea Party express the views of many colonists?
It showed that the colonists strongly protested the tea tax.
What kind of tea did the colonists drink after the Boston Tea Party?
They drank GREEN tea
Did the Tea Act state that colonists had to buy tea from China?
No, they boycotted British tea
How did the the colonists react in the iron act?
The colonists felt that their rights as Englishmen were being violated. The writs of assistance violated their right to be secure in their own homes and vice-admiralty courts violated their right to a jury trail.
What did the colonists throw into the Boston harbor?
The colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
How did many colonists react to the Boston tea party?
sorry i dont no
How did great Britain react to the Boston tea party?
They made the American colonists pay for the tea. They then passed the "Intolerable Acts"
How did the Colonists react to taxes imposed by the British?
The colonists had a Tea Party. No really, they had a Tea Party. They threw the tea that was delivered by the British out into the sea. They were mad. Believe me, I was there. Not really. I know they were extremely mad though. They had enough of the taxes. That was their reaction. i dont know what hes talking about but if youre doing aplus the answer is boycotting british goods
Why did the colonists throw the tea overboard in the Boston tea partycolonists th?
Because the colonists objected to the monopoly on tea and the import duty. Because the colonists did not like Britain put a tax on tea.
Why was tea from England important to the colonists?
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.
What were the colonists taxed on?
tea
Colonists reacted to the passage of the Tea Act by?
The colonists protested the passage of the Tea Act. One infamous event was the Boston Tea Party, in which protesters destroyed a shipment of tea.
What kind of tea did the American colonists crave?
Liber-tea.
Tea Act led colonists to?
the boston tea party
Why did the colonist throw the tea overboard in the Boston Tea party?
Because the colonists objected to the monopoly on tea and the import duty. Because the colonists did not like Britain put a tax on tea.
Why did the colonists destroy the British tea?
because the british kept taxing the tea! so the colonists decided too protest, and dump the tea into Boston Harbor
What kind of tea did the colonists drink after the Boston Tea Party?
They drank GREEN tea
