Colonial tea merchants had more reason to resist the tea act. The new law allowed the East Indian company to sell tea directly to the colonial shopkeepers at lower prices than the merchants, without being taxed, and the merchants lost a lot of money.
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There was the sugar act, molasses act, townshend acts, coercive aka intolerable acts, tea act, and the stamp act.
3 pence per pound. It was considerably lower than the previous tax, but tricked the colonial merchants out of their money.
Some reasons why Parliament believed that the colonists would accept the Tea Act of 1773 are:The revenues raised by this act would go toward the defense of the colonies.The colonial assemblies would collect the revenues raised by this act.This act repealed the offensive Townshend Duties that taxed all imports.This act substantially lowered the price of tea sold in the colonies.
they dumped the tea in the river and boycotted, then war happened
tea merchants
Boston tea party
The Tea Act.
The colonial reaction to the sugar act was smuggling sugar and molasses.
Boycotted it
The Tea Act.
The colonial boycott of tea seriously hurt the company!
Colonial tea merchants had more reason to resist the tea act. The new law allowed the East Indian company to sell tea directly to the colonial shopkeepers at lower prices than the merchants, without being taxed, and the merchants lost a lot of money.
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Colonial merchants immediately called for a new boycott of British goods.
The Boston Tea Party and the colonists boycotted tea and angry mobs broke out resisting the act.