The tax on tea was a part of the townshend acts passed by the british.
Download Tea Act Impact On Colonists Images. Because too many smugglers were making s fortune from smuggling dutch tea into the colonies. The tea act(act that made tea have taxes) caused the boston tea party(hundreds of colonists throw british tea into the ocean.) many colonists protested the tea act.
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The tea act, passed by parliament in may of 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in the colonies. The tea act led directly to a protest known as the boston tea party. The tea act(act that made tea have taxes) caused the boston tea party(hundreds of colonists throw british tea into the ocean.) many colonists protested the tea act.
It was direct punishment to the city of boston for the boston tea party.
The continued boycotts and protests culminated in the boston tea party on december 16, 1773. Colonists were still angry about the boston massacre (1770). On december 16, 1773 a group of colonists in boston dressed as native americans. In fact, the tea act infuriated the colonists, and with great reason.
