The tea act 1773 (13 geo 3 c 44) was an act of the parliament of great britain.
Get Tea Act Colonists Reaction PNG. The boston tea party was the reaction by the colonist. There were multiples incidents of various tea parties that aimed to overthrow tea largo.
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Colonies through the stamp act which was enacted in 1765. The east india company, famed for spreading english influence throughout india, had fallen on hard times in the early 1770s. Lord north believed that the colonists would appreciate the lower price.
Unfortunately for townshend, the stamp act had aroused colonial resentment to all new taxes, whether levied on imports or on the colonists directly.
Where did the revolutionary war begin? Why did the colonists react so violently to the resulting decrease in price from tea brought to the colonies by the east india company? The colonists dumped goods into boston harbor. It reinforced a tea tax in the american colonies.