• Because of the tax on tea, the colonists boycotted British tea.
• Because of the boycott on tea, the British East India Company lost a lot of money.
• Therefore, Britain passed the Tea Act in 1773.
• The British East India Company was allowed to sell tea directly to the colonists, bypassing the tea merchants.
* Although they still paid the tea tax, the price of tea decreased.
• If the price of tea decreased, why were the colonists angry? They were angry because…
- tea merchants had been cut out of the tea trade.
- they thought it was a trick to make the colonists except the tea tax.
- In order to protest against the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party.
• Approximately 50 or 60 men, dressed as Indians, boarded three ships loaded with tea.
• All of the tea was thrown overboard into the water.
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