The British East Indian Tea Party

It was the Tea Act. This act stated that only the British East India Company could sell or transport tea. Members of parliament passed this act because many of them had stakes in the company. At the time the British India Company was going bankrupt. This act threatened all colonial businesses by creating a monopoly. In Boston, the colonists devised a plan to resist this act. Several colonists dressed as Indians to deceive the British. These colonists seized the imported tea and dumped it into the harbor. The colonists dubbed this “the tea party.” The British responded to these actions by creating four acts jointly called the Coercive Acts. These acts closed the Boston ports to all trade, increased power of Massachusetts governor, granted trials of royal officials in Massachusetts be tried elsewhere, and allowed the new governor rights to quarter his troops anywhere. These Coercive Acts only angered the colonists more. They have strengthened their non-importation of British goods. They have also begun the forming of local militia companies.

In 1773, Parliament aroused the Americans by passage of the Tea Act. This act, designed to help the East India Company by making it cheaper for them to sell tea in America, was interpreted by Americans as a subtle ploy to get them to consume taxed tea. In Boston, in December 1773, a group of men dumped the tea into the harbor.

The Tea Act of 1773 was put in place to help a failing company called the East India Company by not charging them any tax on tea. The result of the Act was that it gave that company a monopoly on tea. The British government did not think this would cause any issues with the colonists because it would make the cost of tea go down. (Document 4) East India Company sailed into many ports to import their tea, including

The colonists didn’t want to be told what tea they could buy. All of that is what drove a group called the Sons of Liberty’s members to dress like Native Americans on December 16, 1773, and they went on three ships that came to Boston Harbor to import Tea, and they threw 342 boxes of Tea overboard. When the Tea Act had passed, it pressed that there were no new taxes on the American colonies. But after all of that happened, parliament got angered about the Boston Tea Party as well as other destruction of British property. So, in response, they created the Intolerable Acts the year after.

The British hoped that the tea act would undercut the tea smuggled into britain's north american colonies.The British government led by the Prime Minister, Lord North, hoped to reassert Parliament’s right to impose direct revenue taxes on the American Colonies with the cheap tea.Never-the-less the British anticipated a good reception to the Tea Act in America, after all, the colonists would get their tea at a cost lower than ever before.Tea would be cheaper in America than Britain. Ships laden with more than half a million pounds of tea set off for the colonies shortly after the Tea Act was passed.

On the cold night of December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dumped about forty-six tons of British tea into the Boston Harbor, destroying the boxes and turning the water brown; however, this was not a violent protest. Many of them did not want any damage to be done to the three ships carrying the tea, the last of which had just arrived that morning. During the entire event, only a few people got injured. Most of the protesters were unharmed and cooperated with each other to protest against the British government, although one man was caught stealing the tea they were supposed to be destroying, and another was knocked unconscious by a falling box of tea. Despite those mistakes, most colonists supported the Boston Tea Party, and it had a great effect on what was yet to come.

The Tea tax was put on Americans in 1773, which required Americans to pay a tax on all tea goods. The Americans thought this was unfair, as they had no representation, and were being forced to pay for goods. As a result to protest against this tax, colonists called the Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party. This organization took place in 1773, where the Sons of Liberty dressed in feathers and tar, and dumped all of the tea into the Boston

The King and the parliament believed to pay back war debts taxes were the only way. The tax that put the most tension on the colonies was in 1767 and it was tax on imported tea.”It has come about through the gathering of the testimony of contemporary witness of undoubted competency and through the researches of many scholars” (Beard 3).The people living in the colonies believed they were not governed by England s didn't have to follow England's tax. The 13 colonies held a convention to try and talk to the British government but they were not being heard. So one night the colonist in Boston Massachusetts decided to go dump the tea on ships into the water. This is one of the most iconic revolts during the time period.The British government would shut down the Boston port to show authority. The colonist did not want to pay the taxes because they felt they were not part of England anymore and England needed someone to pay back the debts.This clearly shows that economics drove the American

Although the tea act reduced the price of tea for America, colonists remained outraged at the audacity of Parliament to impose on the purchase of tea. Colonists, feeling bogged down as a result of the taxes the crown

The Boston Tea party helped repeal tax on tea and made a stand on the British. But was it necessary? When thinking of the Boston Tea party, tea being dumped into a river or an ocean comes to mind. But there is so much more than that. The questions that should come to mind are; was it necessary, who and how it was organized, what effects did it have on the British East India Company and on the United States.

Although tea was taxed and people were buying it, it didn’t stop others from smuggling until Parliament decided to establish the Tea Act of 1773. The Tea Act was designed to cut out the British middleman and prevent smuggling tea from other sources. This of course didn’t settle well with colonists and “the Sons again organized resistance. On December 15, the Sons of Liberty announced an agreement or Association to resist the Tea Act” (Association of the New York Sons of Liberty, 1773). Shortly after this announcement, 150 men dressed as Indians boarded on of the incoming ships, tossing 342 chests of tea into the harbor (Class Notes: 7-2). The response to this was quick and stern, the Parliament issued “the Coercive Acts, four laws meant to punish Massachusetts for destroying the tea. In America, those laws, along with a fifth one, the Quebec Act, were soon known as the Intolerable Acts” (Roark 180). These acts resulted in the blockade of the port of Boston, the shutdown of MA government and military law, and a new Quartering Act which allowed troops to reside in houses of residents (Class Notes:

Then Britain tried to tax the colonist for the war because they needed money to pay off debts. First, they tax anything that is printed then they tax everything that is imported. Then the Boston Massacre happened and five Americans were killed most all of the taxes were eventually lifted. Except for the tea tax the colonist were angry that the tea was still being taxed I mean who wouldn’t

The Tea Act of 1773 was a tax on tea but, the British lowered the cost of tea significantly enough that even with the tax, British tea was cheaper than Dutch tea. Also to keep the price down, the British East India Co. got rid of the middleman in the colonies and opened up their own shops. If the colonists bought this tea, they would be accepting the fact that the British could tax without representation. On Dec. 16th 1773 the ships docked at the Boston ports. The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 324 chests of tea into the water. England responded to the Boston Tea Party by the Coercive Act of 1774.

Various colonies made plans to prevent the British East India Company from landing its cargoes. In some ports, shipments of tea were returned or the chosen agents were forced to resign. (USA, 1) In Boston, the chosen agents were relatives of royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson and of course, they would not resign. Hutchinson made preparations to land the tea regardless of the popular feeling. Boston, a leading port city, where many important colonists were merchants, was a focus of colonial resistance to the Tea Act. It was also the home of the radical agitator, Samuel Adams, who staged a spectacular demonstration on the evening of)

In hope of making more money Great Britain gave the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on the tea in the colonies. In other words, Great Britain only allowed the British East India Company to sell tea in the colonies. This meant that the price of tea could become a lot higher. If there was only one company selling tea in the colonies that one company could change as much as they want for the tea. The colonist were not pleased with this decision. In response, they threw the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 7, 1773. The sons of liberty dressed up as Mohawk indians. They snuck onto three of the British East India Company tea ships in the Boston Harbour. They threw the boxes of tea into the Boston Harbour. They ruined more than 92,000 pounds of tea by dumping it into the harbour.