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Townshend Acts Repealed
The Townshend Act was initially passed on June 29, 1767, and taxed goods like glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Parliament needed money to pay for the troops still in the colonies. The colonists revoked these taxes and held riots and protests. They also refused to import British goods and boycotted British products. This hurt British trade and economy so much that Parliament eventually repealed all the taxes except the one on tea on April 12, 1770. KNM -
The Tea Act
On May 10, 1773, the Tea Act was passed because colonists were smuggling tea in from countries other than Britain. Colonists didn’t want to buy tea from Britain because of the high prices and the tea tax. The British made the Tea Act so that the colonists could buy tea cheaper directly from the East India Company. The merchants and smugglers thought that they would go out of business, which made them want to rebel. MJM -
Boston Tea Party
Many events lead up to the Boston Tea Party. Since the British tea company was going out of business, Parliament passed the Tea Act, making colonists furious because of more taxation without representation. After many protests, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded the British ships the Beaver, Eleanor, and the Dartmouth and dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. Parliament punished Boston with the Coercive Acts, or to colonists, the Intolerable Acts. GAP
