Download Tea Act Led To PNG. Along with tea, the townshend revenue act also taxed glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled british east india company.
There were 340 canisters of tea thrown over board.
The act was intended to raise in the tea act lead to the revolution created tax on imported british tea. Opposition to the the tea act led to the historical event known as the boston tea party. The british parliament passed the tea act in may 1773. The act made it so that all tea being sent to the agents of the company were the only ones permitted to sell tea in the colonies as well.