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The British East Indian Company was in big trouble financially. All they had left worth anything was a lot of tea they wanted to unload in America. Americans could not buy tea except from Britain and British companies. So they forced the tea on American colonies. Tax was very miniscule but Britain wanted to show that the Colonies were still subject to the rule of Parliment. So the tax was placed on tea. Tea was cheap and tax neglible. However the principle of the tax made radical Colonists angry.
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What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
What do the Tea Act and the stamp act have in common?
the stamp act was to tax on any paper items from the postal services such as stamps and the tea act was the tax on tea so people would have to pay for the tea
Why did the British parliament give the British east India company a monopoly on tea?
colonists were outraged because they saw it as a trick to undermine their principled resistance to the tax
Which major event in history was brought on by the tea act?
The British East India Company went into deep financal trouble and couldn't sell it's tea. Parliament put a tax on the tea for the colonies.
What year was the Tea Act established?
The tea act was passed by the Parliament on May 10, 1773
List three ways parliament tried to tax the colonies?
stamp act, quarter act, and tea act
Did the Tea Act give outside control to America's tea trade?
The Tea Act of 1773 was completely contrived by the Parliament of Great Britain to aid the failing British East India Company. The Act allowed the Company to ship tea directly to the colonies with an exorbitant tax applied to the colonists, while paying no tax of its own Britain.
Why did parliament decide to keep tax on tea?
The American colonists had objected to the Townshend Act taxes, which resulted in the Boston Massacre. The reason for the colonists' anger was that they felt that under British law, they were supposed to be able to vote in Parliament's elections if they are being taxed. Since they were not allowed to vote, they felt the Townshend taxes were illegal. After the Massacre, Parliament wanted to repeal all of the Townshend Act taxes. The Prime Minister at the time, Lord North, wanted to keep the tax on tea as proof that Parliament did have the right to raise taxes on the colonists, despite their lack of voting rights. Remember, British (and American) law is largely based on "precedent"- when laws are reviewed, the courts look at history to see how things were done before, and try to keep the laws the same- "this is how it worked then, so it's how it works now too." By keeping the tea tax on the books, if Parliament passed a colonial tax later and it was reviewed by the courts, the government could point to the tea tax as proof of the precedent.
What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
Who was the tea tax named after?
The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to expand the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies, selling excess tea at a reduced price. It was passed on May 10, 1773.
What is the tea act and when was it?
Originally it was a tax on tea and then the British lowered the tea tax. By doing that they made the cost of the Dutch smugglers tea higher in price. They wanted to stop the smuggling and wanted to keep the monopoly on tea and by bringing down the tax they achieved both things.
Which act gave the British Parliament the right to tax and make decisions for whatsoever?
They said hey you colonists give me my tea i am fat
What do the Tea Act and the stamp act have in common?
the stamp act was to tax on any paper items from the postal services such as stamps and the tea act was the tax on tea so people would have to pay for the tea
Why did the British parliament give the British east India company a monopoly on tea?
colonists were outraged because they saw it as a trick to undermine their principled resistance to the tax
Which major event in history was brought on by the tea act?
The British East India Company went into deep financal trouble and couldn't sell it's tea. Parliament put a tax on the tea for the colonies.
What year was the Tea Act established?
The tea act was passed by the Parliament on May 10, 1773
Why do you think the England passed the tea act?
On this day in 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade.
