The Tea Act was not intended to anger American colonists, instead it was meant to be a bailout policy to get the British East India Company out of debt. The tea tax was kept in order to maintain Parliament’s right to tax the colonies. Due to boycotts and protests, the Townshend Revenue Act’s taxes were repealed on all commodities except tea in 1770. Along with tea, the Townshend Revenue Act also taxed glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper. The tax on tea had existed since the passing of the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act. The passing of the Tea Act imposed no new taxes on the American colonies. The policy ignited a “powder keg” of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. This was what ultimately compelled a group of Sons of Liberty members on the night of Decemto disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians, board three ships moored in Boston Harbor, and destroy over 92,000 pounds of tea. The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The Tea Act: The Catalyst of the Boston Tea Party
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